Comparison of the nucleic acids of helical and coccoid forms of Helicobacter pylori

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 285-290

  Narikawa, Shinichi ^a,b,c   Kawai, Shinichi ^a   Aoshima, Hideyuki ^a,b   Kawamata, Osamu ^b   Kawaguchi, Ryuji ^b   Hikiji, Kazumasa ^b   Kato, Miyako ^a   Iino, Shiro ^a   Mizushima, Yutaka ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SRL INC   (Japan)

^c Kanto Biomed Laboratory Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA CONTENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031009781     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.3.285-290.1997     Document Type: Article

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