The urease enzyme of Helicobacter pylori does not function as an adhesin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2817-2820

  Clyne, Marguerite ^a   Drumm, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; UREA; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUCOSA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029901525     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2817-2820.1996     Document Type: Article

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