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Genetic variation in resistance to repeated infections with Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri, in inbred mouse strains selected for the mouse genome project.
Parasite immunology - 1 Mar 2006
Behnke J M, Mugambi J M, Clifford S, Iraqi F A, Baker R L, Gibson J P, Wakelin D
Abstract excerpt
Since the publication of the mouse genome, attention has focused on the strains that were selected for sequencing. In this paper we report the results of experiments that characterized the response to infection with the murine gastrointestinal nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus of eight new strains (A/J, C57BL/6, C3H, DBA/2, BALB/c, NIH, SJL and 129/J), in addition to the well-characterized CBA (poor responder)...
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