Coccoid forms of Helicobacter pylori can be viable

Microbios

Volumn 97, Issue 388, 1999, Pages 153-163

  Ren, Z ^a,b   Pang, G ^a,b   Musicka, M ^b   Dunkley, M ^a,b   Batey, R ^c   Beagley, K ^a,b   Clancy, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coccoid form; Gene expression; Helicobacter pylori; Urease activity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; RNA 16S; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; UREASE;

EID: 0032611935     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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