Expanding allelic diversity of Helicobacter pylori vacA

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2597-2603

  Van Doorn, Leen Jan ^a   Figueiredo, Céu ^a,b   Sanna, Ricardo ^a   Pena, Salvador ^c   Midolo, Peter ^d   Ng, Enders K W ^e   Atherton, John C ^f   Blaser, Martin J ^g   Quint, Wim G V ^a  

^a Delft Diagnostic Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031850322     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.9.2597-2603.1998     Document Type: Article

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