Comparative genomics of Helicobacter pylori: Analysis of the outer membrane protein families

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 4155-4168

  Alm, Richard A ^a   Bina, James ^b,c   Andrews, Beth M ^a   Doig, Peter ^a   Hancock, Robert E W ^b   Trust, Trevor J ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RIBOSOMES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033918170     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.7.4155-4168.2000     Document Type: Article

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