Variants of the 3' region of the cagA gene in Helicobacter pylori isolates from patients with different H. pylori-associated diseases

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2258-2263

  Yamaoka, Yoshio ^a,b   Kodama, Tadashi ^b   Kashima, Kei ^b   Graham, David Y ^a   Sepulveda, Antonia R ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031878592     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.8.2258-2263.1998     Document Type: Article

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