Comparing genomes of Helicobacter pylori strains from the high-altitude desert of Ladakh, India

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1538-1545

  Kauser, Farhana ^a   Abid Hussain, M ^a   Ahmed, Irshad ^b   Ahmad, Naheed ^c   Habeeb, Aejaz ^b   Khan, Aleem A ^b   Ahmed, Niyaz ^a,d  

^a Ctr DNA Fingerprinting Diagnostics   (India)

^b DECCAN COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c PATNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d CDFD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ALTITUDE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENE POOL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INDIA; JAPAN; MARKER GENE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTITUDE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DESERT CLIMATE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 16844372080     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.4.1538-1545.2005     Document Type: Article

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