Quantitation of H. pylori cytotoxin mRNA by real-time RT-PCR shows a wide expression range that does not correlate with promoter sequences

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 163-167

  Ayala, Guadalupe ^a   Chihu, Lilia ^a   Perales, Guillermo ^a   Fierros Zárate, Genny ^a   Hansen, Lori M ^b   Solnick, Jay V ^b   Sánchez, Joaquín ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Mexico   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mexican Helicobacter pylori; mRNA quantitation; Multi modal gene regulation; Promoter differences; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VACUOLATING TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUSION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 4444307920     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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