HP0333, a member of the dprA family, is involved in natural transformation in Helicobacter pylori

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5572-5580

  Ando, Takafumi ^a,b   Israel, Dawn A ^a   Kusugami, Kazuo ^b   Blaser, Martin J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI 26695; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032882587     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.18.5572-5580.1999     Document Type: Article

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