Genetic and functional characterization of the alpAB gene locus essential for the adhesion of Helicobacter pylori to human gastric tissue

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1537-1548

  Odenbreit, Stefan ^a,b   Till, Markus ^a   Hofreuter, Dirk ^a,b   Faller, Gerhard ^a,c   Haas, Rainer ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI 26695; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032983194     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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