Unchanged characteristics of Helicobacter pylori during its morphological conversion

Microbios

Volumn 98, Issue 389, 1999, Pages 51-64

  Zheng, P Y ^a   Hua, J ^a   Ng, H C ^a   Ho, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Characteristic; Coccoid form; Helicobacter pylori; Lewis blood group antigen; Protein profile; Spiral form

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; VACA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032611639     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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