Helicobacter pylori: Bacterial factors and interaction with the epithelial cells

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-37

  Mégraud, Francis ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOTOXIN; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INFLAMMATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; EPITHELIUM; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MICE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0030497410     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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