Comparative genomics and proteomics of Helicobacter mustelae, an ulcerogenic and carcinogenic gastric pathogen

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  O'Toole, Paul W ^a   Snelling, William J ^b   Canchaya, Carlos ^c   Forde, Brian M ^a   Hardie, Kim R ^d   Josenhans, Christine ^e   Graham, Robert L J ^b   McMullan, Geoff ^b   Parkhill, Julian ^f   Belda, Eugenio ^f,g   Bentley, Stephen D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^f WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CIAB PROTEIN; COLLAGENASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEMAGGLUTININ; HEMOLYSIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NAPA PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEB4A PROTEIN; PLASMINOGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOMICS; HELICOBACTER MUSTELAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH ULCER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GERBILLINAE; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER MUSTELAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HELICOBACTER MUSTELAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOME; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77949454438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-164     Document Type: Article

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