Phylogeographic evidence of cognate recognition site patterns and transformation efficiency differences in H. pylori: theory of strain dominance

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-14

  Maldonado Contreras, Ana ^a,b   Mane, Shrinivasrao P ^c   Zhang, Xue Song ^d   Pericchi, Luis ^a   Alarcón, Teresa ^e   Contreras, Monica ^f   Linz, Bodo ^g   Blaser, Martin J ^d,h   Domínguez Bello, María Gloria ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^f Carretera Panamericana   (Venezuela)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

H. pylori; Haplotypes; Recombination; Restriction Modification system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; COGNATE RECOGNITION SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84992005823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-211     Document Type: Article

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