Expression of UreI is required for intragastric transit and colonization of gerbil gastric mucosa by Helicobacter pylori

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 659-666

  Mollenhauer Rektorschek, Marina ^a   Hanauer, Guido ^a   Sachs, George ^b   Melchers, Klaus ^a,c  

^a ALTANA Pharma   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALTANA Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; Eradication; Helicobacter pylori; Stomach; Urea channel; Urease

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN URE1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTON PUMP; UREI PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GERBIL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INOCULATION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH PH; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; STOMACH ACID;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GASTRIC ACID; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GERBILLINAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTON PUMPS;

EID: 0036898882     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(02)01380-3     Document Type: Article

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