Sequence analysis and clinical significance of the iceA gene from Helicobacter priori strains in Japan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 483-488

  Ito, Yoshiyuki ^a   Azuma, Takeshi ^a   Ito, Shigeji ^a   Suto, Hiroyuki ^a   Miyaji, Hideki ^a   Yamazaki, Yukinao ^a   Kato, Takuji ^b   Kohli, Yoshihiro ^c   Keida, Yoshihide ^d   Kuriyama, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Aiseikai Yamashina Hospital   (Japan)

^d Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE DELETION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PEPTIC ULCER; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 0033950467     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.483-488.2000     Document Type: Article

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