New pathogenicity marker found in the plasticity region of the Helicobacter pylori genome

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1651-1655

  Santos, Adriana ^a,b,c   Queiroz, Dulciene Maria Magalhães ^b,d   Ménard, Armelle ^a   Marais, Armelle ^a   Rocha, Gifone Aguiar ^b   Oliveira, Celso Affonso ^b   Nogueira, Ana Margarida Miguel Ferreira ^b   Uzeda, Milton ^c   Mégraud, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d Faculdade de Medicina   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM ULCER; GASTRITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HP986 GENE; HUMAN; JHP940 GENE; JHP947 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLASTICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 12444292092     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1651-1655.2003     Document Type: Article

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