Cloning and characterization of a Helicobacter bizzozeronii urease gene cluster

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 321-331

  Zhu, Jiaqian ^a   Teng, Ching Hao ^a   Chang, Chao Fu ^a,b   Chang, Ching Dong ^a,c   Simpson, Kenneth W ^a   Wei, Christina ^a   McDonough, Patrick ^a   McDonough, Sean ^a   Chang, Yung Fu ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Helicobacter bizzozeronii; Helicobacter felis; Helicobacter mustelae; Helicobacter pylori; Urease

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HELICOBACTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; UREASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER BIZZOZERONII; HELICOBACTER FELIS; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER MUSTELAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0036920017     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042517021000039230     Document Type: Article

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