Evidence for a conjugation-like mechanism of DNA transfer in Helicobacter pylori

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2901-2905

  Kuipers, Ernst J ^a,b   Israel, Dawn A ^a   Kusters, Johannes G ^b   Blaser, Martin J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA MARKER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0032463459     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.11.2901-2905.1998     Document Type: Article

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