Absence in Helicobacter pylori of an uptake sequence for enhancing uptake of homospecific DNA during transformation

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3523-3528

  Saunders, Nigel J ^a   Peden, John F ^b   Moxon, E Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Transformation; Uptake sequence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 0033396515     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-12-3523     Document Type: Article

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