Genetic control of susceptibility to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 467-477

  Mitsos, L M ^a   Cardon, L R ^b   Fortin, A ^a   Ryan, L ^c   LaCourse, R ^c   North, R J ^c   Gros, P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Host resistance; Mouse model; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Quantitative trait

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; DBA MOUSE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034566192     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363712     Document Type: Article

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