Influence of the Bcg locus on natural resistance to primary infection with the facultative intracellular bacterium Francisella tularensis in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1480-1484

  Kovářová, Hana ^a,d   Hernychová, Lenka ^a   Hajdúch, Marián ^b   Sirova M ^c   Macela, Aleš ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF TOXICOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d Inst for Immunol and Radiobiology   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRITES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPLEEN; TULAREMIA;

EID: 0342614916     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.3.1480-1484.2000     Document Type: Article

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