Evolutionary history of the Helicobacter pylori genome: Implications for gastric carcinogenesis

Gut and Liver

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-28

  Correa, Pelayo ^a   Piazuelo, M Blanca ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric carcinogenesis; Genome; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; VACUOLATING TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AFRICA; ALLERGY; ASIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EPIDEMIC; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; VACA GENE;

EID: 84856084500     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2012.6.1.21     Document Type: Review

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