Intra-strain variation in expression of lipopolysaccharide by Helicobacter pylori

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 399-403

  Gibson, J R ^a   Chart, H ^a   Owen, R J ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

CLINICAL ISOLATES; CYTOTOXINS; GENETIC RELATEDNESS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PCR-RFLP; SDS-PAGE; SILVER STAINING; STRAIN VARIATION;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SILVER STAINING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031869378     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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