Multiple phases of competence occur during the Helicobacter pylori growth cycle

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 148-155

  Baltrus, David A ^a   Guillemin, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; DNA release; Helicobacter pylori; Natural transformation; Physiology

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DNA CONTENT; GROWTH CURVE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 33645084521     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2005.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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