Distinct variants of Helicobacter pylori cagA are associated with vacA subtypes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2306-2311

  Van Doorn, Leen Jan ^a   Figueiredo, Céu ^a,b   Sanna, Ricardo ^a   Blaser, Martin J ^c   Quint, Wim G V ^a  

^a Delft Diagnostic Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOTOXIC FACTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0033032564     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.7.2306-2311.1999     Document Type: Article

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