Evolution of the Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin in a human stomach

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 5182-5185

  Aviles Jimenez, Francisco ^a   Letley, Darren P ^a   Gonzalez Valencia, Gerardo ^b   Salama, Nina ^c   Torres, Javier ^b   Atherton, John C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STOMACH;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STOMACH;

HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 3242813723     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.15.5182-5185.2004     Document Type: Article

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