Mice naturally resistant to Yersinia pestis Δpgm strains commonly used in pathogenicity studies

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 6501-6504

  Congleton, Yasemin H K ^a,b   Wulff, Christine R ^a   Kerschen, Edward J ^a,c   Straley, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Bluegrass Community and Technical College   (United States)

^c BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENDER; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIOSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MUTATION; PLAGUE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 33750471961     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00597-06     Document Type: Article

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