Geographical conservation of short inserts in the signal and middle regions of the Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin gene

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1176-1186

  Owen, Robert J ^a   Xerry, Jacquelline ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 34247236785     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/002923-0     Document Type: Article

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