Two different families of hopQ alleles in Helicobacter pylori

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4504-4511

  Cao, Ping ^a   Cover, Timothy L ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN HOPQ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

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

EID: 0036898289     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4504-4511.2002     Document Type: Article

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