Multiple chromosomal loci for the babA gene in Helicobacter pylori

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 3046-3051

  Hennig, Ewa E ^a   Allen, Johnna M ^b   Cover, Timothy L ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BABA GENE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FUCOSYLATION; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

EID: 33646339116     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.5.3046-3051.2006     Document Type: Article

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