Urease-positive, acid-sensitive mutants of Helicobacter pylori: Urease-independent acid resistance involved in growth at low pH

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 309-313

  Bijlsma, Jetta J E ^a   Gerrits, Monique M ^a   Imamdi, Raoef ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M J E ^a   Kusters, Johannes G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial virulence; Helicobacter pylori; Mutagenesis; Urease

Indexed keywords

ACID; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENESIS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UREASE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0031785941     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00408-X     Document Type: Article

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