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Mice naturally resistant to Yersinia pestis Delta pgm strains commonly used in pathogenicity studies.
Infection and immunity - 1 Nov 2006
Congleton Yasemin H K, Wulff Christine R, Kerschen Edward J, Straley Susan C
Abstract excerpt
We report that females of some substrains of inbred mouse strain 129 are resistant to systemic plague due to conditionally virulent Deltapgm strains of Yersinia pestis; however, fully virulent Y. pestis is not attenuated in these mice. Therefore, these mice offer a powerful system in which to map...
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