Variability of gene order in different Helicobacter pylori strains contributes to genome diversity

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 833-842

  Jiang, Qin ^a   Hiratsuka, Koji ^a   Taylor, Diane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029899916     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02521.x     Document Type: Article

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