The MHC gene region of murine hosts influences the differential tissue tropism of infecting Trypanosoma cruzi strains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Freitas, Jorge M ^a   Andrade, Luciana O ^a   Pires, Simone F ^a   Lima, Ricardo ^b   Chiari, Egler ^a   Santos, Ricardo R ^b   Soares, Milena ^b   Machado, Carlos R ^a   Franco, Gloria R ^a   Pena, Sergio D J ^a   Macedo, Andrea M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL LINEAGE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DBA 2 MOUSE; EX VIVO STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; C57BL MOUSE; DBA MOUSE; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT GROWTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HAPLOTYPES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPISM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 64249140043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005113     Document Type: Article

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