Vacuolating cytotoxin (vacA) alleles of Helicobacter pylori comprise two geographically widespread types, m1 and m2, and have evolved through limited recombination

Current Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 211-218

  Atherton, John C ^a,b   Sharp, Paul M ^b   Cover, Timothy L ^c   Gonzalez Valencia, Gerardo ^c,d   Peek Jr , Richard M ^c   Thompson, Stuart A ^c   Hawkey, Christopher J ^a   Blaser, Martin J ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOTOXINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032835713     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900447     Document Type: Article

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