Increased Autoimmune Diabetes in pIgR-Deficient NOD Mice Is Due to a "Hitchhiking" Interval that Refines the Genetic Effect of Idd5.4

• Kim R. Simpfendorfer,

  Current address: Robert S. Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

  Affiliation The Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Richard A. Strugnell,

  Affiliations The Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, The Australian Bacterial Pathogenesis Program, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Thomas C. Brodnicki ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas C. Brodnicki, Odilia L. C. Wijburg

  Affiliation Immunology & Diabetes Unit, St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

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• Odilia L. C. Wijburg

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas C. Brodnicki, Odilia L. C. Wijburg

  * E-mail: odilia@unimelb.edu.au

  Affiliations The Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, The Australian Bacterial Pathogenesis Program, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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