Recombination-based in vivo expression technology identifies Helicobacter pylori genes important for host colonization

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5632-5644

  Castillo, Andrea R ^a,b   Woodruff, Andrew J ^a   Connolly, Lynn E ^a,c   Sause, William E ^a   Ottemann, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TRANSFER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI GENE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOBA GENE; MOBB GENE; MOBD GENE; NONHUMAN; PIVI10 GENE; PIVI66 GENE; PIVI77 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 57349199701     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00627-08     Document Type: Article

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