Genotypes of the Helicobacter pylori vacA Signal Sequence Differ with Age in Korea

Helicobacter

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-58

  Lee, Jun Haeng ^a   Choe, Yon Ho ^a,c   Jeon, Byung Ha ^a   Oh, Yoo Joung ^a   Kim, Jae J ^a   Rhee, Jong Chul ^a   Kim, Pum Soo ^b   Choi, Mi Sook ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH BIOPSY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; GASTRITIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIC ULCER; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 1342281525     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-4389.2004.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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