The QTL within the H2 Complex Involved in the Control of Tuberculosis Infection in Mice Is the Classical Class II H2-Ab1 Gene.

The level of susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) infection depends upon allelic variations in numerous interacting genes. In our mouse model system, the whole-genome quantitative trait loci (QTLs) scan revealed three QTLs involved in TB control on chromosomes 3, 9, and in the vicinity of the H2 comp...

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Main Authors: Nadezhda Logunova, Maria Korotetskaya, Vladimir Polshakov, Alexander Apt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4664271?pdf=render