Interactions among the seven Helicobacter pylori proteins encoded by the urease gene cluster

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 1 47-1, 2003, Pages

  Voland, Petra ^a   Weeks, David L ^b   Marcus, Elizabeth A ^b   Prinz, Christian ^a   Sachs, George ^b   Scott, David ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein interactions; Urease assembly; Yeast two hybrid

Indexed keywords

APOENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DIMER; OLIGOMER; UREASE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0037229870     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00160.2002     Document Type: Article

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