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Resistance to salmonellosis in the chicken is linked to NRAMP1 and TNC.
Genome research - 1 Jul 1997
Hu J, Bumstead N, Barrow P, Sebastiani G, Olien L, Morgan K, Malo D
Abstract excerpt
Natural resistance to infection with Salmonella typhimurium in mice is controlled by two major loci, Bcg and Lps, located on mouse chromosomes 1 and 4, respectively. Both Bcg and Lps exert pleiotropic effects and contribute to cytostatic/cytocidal activities of the macrophage. Bcg encodes for a membrane phosphoglycoprotein designated Nrampl (natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1), which belongs to an...
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