The vacuolating cytotoxin of helicobacter pylori

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 241-246

  Cover, Timothy L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN;

ALLELE; CELL VACUOLE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOTOXINS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS;

EID: 0029923910     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02612.x     Document Type: Review

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