Characterization of Helicobacter pylori dapE and construction of a conditionally lethal dapE mutant

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4158-4164

  Karita, Mikio ^a   Etterbeek, Michele L ^a   Forsyth, Mark H ^a   Tummuru, Murali K R ^a   Blaser, Martin J ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENOME; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LETHAL MUTANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION;

EID: 0030863414     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.10.4158-4164.1997     Document Type: Article

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