Helicobacter pylori - Molecular genetics and diagnostic typing

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-38

  Ge, Zhongming ^a   Taylor, Diane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOTOXIN;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 0031906781     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011677     Document Type: Review

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