Increased susceptibility of secretor factor gene Fut2-null mice to experimental vaginal candidiasis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 4279-4281

  Hurd, Elizabeth A ^a   Domino, Steven E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; NEOGLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CANDIDA; CELL ADHESION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUCOSYLATION; GENE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETOR FACTOR GENE; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

ANIMALS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; FEMALE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; VAGINA;

EID: 3042552373     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.7.4279-4281.2004     Document Type: Article

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