Heterogeneity found in the cagA gene of Helicobacter pylori from Japanese and non-Japanese isolates

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 890-897

  Hoshino, F B ^a   Katayama, K ^a   Watanabe, K ^a   Takahashi, S I ^a   Uchimura, H ^a   Ando, T ^a  

^a BML   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multiple alignment analysis; Phylogenetic analysis; Similarity plot analysis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN; CYTOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOMACH DISEASE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0034520346     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350070002     Document Type: Article

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