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Polymorphism in the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) NRAMP1 gene: lack of an allelic association to tuberculosis susceptibility.
Journal of medical primatology - 1 Feb 2002
Deinard Amos S, Lerche Nicholas W, Smith David Glenn
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Although previous tuberculosis (TB) research has suggested that underlying genetic factors influence a host's response and ability to survive Mycobacterium infection, only recently has a gene been identified, the 'natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1' (NRAMP1) gene, which provides a degree of natural resistance to infection by some Mycobacterium species. To date, however, the role that NRAMP1 may...
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