Genomic comparison of cag pathogenicity island (PAI)-positive and -negative Helicobacter pylori strains: Identification of novel markers for cag PAI-positive strains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3794-3798

  Terry, Courtney E ^a,d   McGinnis, Lisa M ^a   Madigan, Katharine C ^a,e   Cao, Ping ^b   Cover, Timothy L ^b,c   Liechti, George W ^a   Peek Jr , Richard M ^b,c   Forsyth, Mark H ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CAGA PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE LOCATION; GENE TRANSFER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 19744368729     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.6.3794-3798.2005     Document Type: Article

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