Plastic cells and populations: DNA substrate characteristics in Helicobacter pylori transformation define a flexible but conservative system for genomic variation

FASEB Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3458-3467

  Levine, Steven M ^a   Lin, Edward A ^a   Emara, Walid ^a   Kang, Josephine ^a   DiBenedetto, Michael ^a   Ando, Takafumi ^b   Falush, Daniel ^c   Blaser, Martin J ^a,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Dept of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial genetics; Colonization; Microbial diversity; Microbiology; Molecular biology; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUCOSA; WILD TYPE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; POINT MUTATION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 35948940844     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-8501com     Document Type: Article

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