The Nramp1AA genotype confers susceptibility to Brucella abortus in water buffalo

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-143

  Capparelli, Rosanna ^a   Borriello, Giorgia ^a   Marabelli, Romano ^b   Roperto, Sante ^a   Roperto, Franco ^a   Iannelli, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1 AA; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1 AB; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1 BB; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALO; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKIN TEST;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALOES; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; BUBALUS;

EID: 33947246492     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: 14321777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-006-0103-x     Document Type: Article

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