Gender and genetic control of resistance to intestinal amebiasis in inbred mice

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 452-461

  Hamano, S ^a   Becker, S ^b   Asgharpour, A ^b   Ocasio, Y P R ^b   Stroup, S E ^b   McDuffie, M ^c   Houpt, E ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B6CBAF MOUSE; CBA MOUSE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MUS;

EID: 48349139313     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2008.37     Document Type: Article

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