Single-step PCR amplification and enzyme restriction analysis of the entire Helicobacter pylori cytotoxin vacA gene for genetic variability studies

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-62

  Perales, G ^a   Sanchez, J ^b   Mohar, A ^c   Lara Lemus, R ^a   Hernandez A ^c   Herrera Goepfert, R ^c   Barrios Jacobo, I ^a   Ayala, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^c SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Internal genetic duplication; Non cytotoxic Helicobacter pylori; PCR amplification of vacA gene; vacA gene diversity

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0032791303     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00344-4     Document Type: Article

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