Genetic and phenotype changes following in vitro interactions between Helicobacter pylori strains

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 626-631

  Yakoob, Javed ^a,b   Fan, Xuegong ^a   Guoling, H U ^a   Zhang, Zheng ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility test; cagA; DNA fingerprinting; DNA transformation; Helicobacter pylori; VacAM2

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BUFFER; CAGA PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DNA; METRONIDAZOLE; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

EID: 3042701778     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2004.03352.x     Document Type: Article

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