The morphological transition of Helicobacter pylori cells from spiral to coccoid is preceded by a substantial modification of the cell wail

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3710-3715

  Costa, Katyssulla ^a,d,e   Bacher, Gerold ^b   Allmaier, Günter ^b   Dominguez Bello, María Gloria ^c   Engstrand, Lars ^d,e   Falk, Per ^e,f   De Pedro, Miguel A ^a   García del Portillo, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0032981371     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.12.3710-3715.1999     Document Type: Article

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