Helicobacter pylori: Molecular evolution of a bacterial quasi-species

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 96-102

  Covacci, Antonello ^a   Rappuoli, Rino ^a  

^a Instituto Ricerche Immunobiol Siena   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MICE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031987798     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80148-3     Document Type: Article

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