Coccoid forms of Helicobacter pylori are the morphologic manifestation of cell death

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3672-3679

  Kusters, J G ^a   Gerrits, M M ^a   Van Strijp, J A G ^b   Vandenbroucke Grauls, C M J E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION;

EID: 0030931386     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.9.3672-3679.1997     Document Type: Article

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