The bacterial flora of α-Gal knockout mice express the α-Gal epitope comparable to wild type mice

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-16

  Dahl, K ^a   Kirkeby, S ^b   D'Apice, A F J ^c   Mathiassen, S ^b   Hansen, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha Gal epitope; Alpha Gal knockout mice; Enterobacteriaceae spp.; Microflora; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; EPITOPE; GALACTOSYLGALACTOSE; TRISACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ISOLATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTESTINE FLORA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS ISOLATION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 16244420728     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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