Protective effect of the Nramp1 BB genotype against Brucella abortus in the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 988-996

  Capparelli, Rosanna ^a   Alfano, Flora ^b   Amoroso, Maria Grazia ^a   Borriello, Giorgia ^a   Fenizia, Domenico ^b   Bianco, Antonio ^c   Roperto, Sante ^a   Roperto, Franco ^a   Iannelli, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DEL MEZZOGIORNO   (Italy)

^c Regione Campania   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; BUFFALO; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MILK PRODUCTION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALOES; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOCYTES; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33846814912     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00948-06     Document Type: Article

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