Characterization and immunogenicity of the CagF protein of the cag pathogenicity island of Helicobacter pylori

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 6468-6470

  Seydel, Anke ^a   Tasca, Elisabetta ^a   Berti, Duccio ^a   Rapypuoli, Rino ^a   Del Giudice, Giuseppe ^a   Montecucco, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CAGF PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GASTROENTERITIS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0036840416     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.11.6468-6470.2002     Document Type: Article

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