Helicobacter pylori: Impact of gene transfer and the role of the cag pathogenicity island for host adaptation and virulence

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 264 II, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-22

  Odenbreit, S ^a   Haas, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CAGA PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 0036126869     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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