Cytolethal distending toxin B gene (cdtB) homologues in taxa 2, 3 and 8 and in six canine isolates of Helicobacter sp. flexispira

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-108

  Kostia, Silja ^a   Veijalainen, Pirjo ^b   Hirvi, Urszula ^a   Hänninen, Marja Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER BILIS; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER TROGONTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HELA CELLS; HELICOBACTER; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP; SWINE;

EID: 0037320380     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.04920-0     Document Type: Article

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