Virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori

Helicobacter pylori in the 21st Century: Advances in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 212-247

  Backert, S ^a   Mimuro, H ^b   Israel, D A ^c   Peek Jr , R M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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