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Quantitative trait loci associated with susceptibility to bladder and kidney infections induced by Escherichia coli in female C3H/HeJ mice.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2009
Hopkins Walter J, Elkahwaji Johny, Kendziorski Christina, Moser Amy R, Briggs Paulette M, Suhs Kaleigh A
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BACKGROUND: The C3H/HeJ mouse strain develops severe bladder and kidney infections after receiving intravesical inoculation with uropathogenic Escherichia coli. This susceptibility is genetically determined, but the specific genes involved have not been completely defined. The objective of the present study was to use quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping to identify chromosomal sites associated with...
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