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Molecular genetics of inherited susceptibility to intracellular parasites.
Behring Institute Mitteilungen - 1 Feb 1991
Schurr E, Radzioch D, Malo D, Gros P, Skamene E
Abstract excerpt
In the mouse, innate susceptibility to infection with mycobacteria is controlled by the Bcg host resistance locus. Phenotypically, the locus displays two alleles, a dominant resistance and a recessive susceptibility allele. The cell type expressing the resistance locus is the mature tissue macrophage. We have immortalized macrophages from Bcgr and Bcgs mice and found that macrophage cell lines of Bcgr origin, in...
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