Molecular evolution of the Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin gene vacA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6126-6135

  Gangwer, Kelly A ^a   Shaffer, Carrie L ^a   Suerbaum, Sebastian ^b   Lacy, D Borden ^a   Cover, Timothy L ^a,c,e   Bordenstein, Seth R ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HELICOBACTER ACINONYCHIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HELICOBACTER ACINONYCHIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 78649347132     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01081-10     Document Type: Article

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