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Phenotypic expression of pyruvate kinase deficiency and protection against malaria in a mouse model.
Genes and immunity - 1 May 2004
Min-Oo G, Fortin A, Tam M-F, Gros P, Stevenson M M
Abstract excerpt
The recombinant congenic mouse strains AcB55 and AcB61 are extremely resistant to malaria (Plasmodium chabaudi AS) despite the presence of susceptibility alleles at the known Char1/Char2 resistance loci. Resistance in AcB55 and AcB61 is controlled by a locus on chromosome 3 (Char4) shown to be allelic with or tightly linked to a loss-of-function mutation in pyruvate kinase (Pklr). AcB55 and AcB61 show important...
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