Helicobacter pylori: A eubacterium lacking the stringent response

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 552-555

  Scoarughi, Gian Luca ^a   Cimmino, Carmen ^a   Donini, Pierluigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EUBACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; STOMACH MUCOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032921887     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.2.552-555.1999     Document Type: Article

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