Urease activity and urea gene sequencing of coccoid forms of H. pylori induced by different factors

Current Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-155

  Can, Fusun ^a   Karahan, Ceren ^b   Dolapci, Istar ^b   Demirbilek, Muge ^a   Tekeli, Alper ^b   Arslan, Hande ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; UREA; UREASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COLD STRESS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AEROBIOSIS; AMOXICILLIN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UREASE;

COCCOIDEA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 38049129658     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-007-9047-y     Document Type: Article

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