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Susceptibility to mouse cytomegalovirus is associated with deletion of an activating natural killer cell receptor of the C-type lectin superfamily.
Nature genetics - 1 May 2001
Lee S H, Girard S, Macina D, Busà M, Zafer A, Belouchi A, Gros P, Vidal S M
Abstract excerpt
Cytomegalovirus is the leading cause of congenital viral disease and the most important opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. We have used a mouse experimental infection model (MCMV) to study the genetic parameters of host/virus interaction. Susceptibility to infection with MCMV is controlled by Cmv1, a chromosome 6 locus that regulates natural killer (NK) cell activity against virally infected...
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