Expression of Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin in Escherichia coli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2266-2271

  McClain, Mark S ^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

TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION RISK; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE CULTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELA CELLS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUTAGENESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0037381077     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.4.2266-2271.2003     Document Type: Article

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