comH, a novel gene essential for natural transformation of Helicobacter pylori

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 3948-3954

  Smeets, Leonard C ^a   Bijlsma, Jetta J E ^a   Boomkens, Sacha Y ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M J E ^a   Kusters, Johannes G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NITROREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS; HELICOBACTER ACINONYCHIS; HELICOBACTER FELIS; HELICOBACTER MUSTELAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033944885     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.14.3948-3954.2000     Document Type: Article

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