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Monoallelic expression of the murine gene encoding Toll-like receptor 4.
Nature immunology - 1 May 2003
Pereira João Pedro, Girard Robert, Chaby Richard, Cumano Ana, Vieira Paulo
Abstract excerpt
Defects in the gene encoding Toll-like receptor 4 (Tlr4) result in impaired responses to lipopolysaccharide (LPS), rendering mice sensitive to infections by Gram-negative bacteria. C3H/HeJ mice have a codominant allele with a mutation in Tlr4, which results in an intermediate response to LPS in F1 mice from crosses of responder and C3H/HeJ mice. Here we show that this intermediate response to LPS is due to...
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