Characterization of a ComE3 homologue essential for DNA transformation in Helicobacter pylori

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5427-5431

  Yeh, Yu Ching ^a   Lin, Tzu Lung ^a   Chang, Kai Chih ^a   Wang, Jin Town ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA BINDING; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0041322576     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.9.5427-5431.2003     Document Type: Article

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