A global overview of the genetic and functional diversity in the Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island.

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Published in PLoS Genet on August 19, 2010

Authors

Patrick Olbermann1, Christine Josenhans, Yoshan Moodley, Markus Uhr, Christiana Stamer, Marc Vauterin, Sebastian Suerbaum, Mark Achtman, Bodo Linz

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1: Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

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