Experimental evidence for major histocompatibility complex-allele-specific resistance to a bacterial infection

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1504, 2002, Pages 2029-2033

  Lohm, Jakob ^a   Grahn, Mats ^a   Langefors, Åsa ^a   Andersen, Øivind ^a   Storset, Arne ^a   Von Schantz, Torbjörn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alleles; Bacterial infection; Disease resistance; Major histocompatibility complex class II

Indexed keywords

DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

BACTERIAL DISEASE;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ALLELE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMO; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 41049095379     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2114     Document Type: Article

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