Cloning and comparison of ten gene sequences of a Chilean H. pylori strain with other H. pylori strains revealed higher variability for VacA and CagA virulence factors

Biological Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-84

  Müller, Ilse ^a   Medina Selby, Angelica ^b   Palacios, Jose Luis ^c   Martinez, Patricio ^c   Opazo, Patricio ^c   Bruce, Elsa ^c   Mancilla, Marta ^a   Valenzuela, Pablo ^a   Yudelevich, Arturo ^a   Venegas, Alejandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

CagA sequences; Chilean H. pylori strain; HpaA; PCR cloned genes; VacA

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CAGA PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; UREASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

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

EID: 0036077535     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602002000100010     Document Type: Article

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