| Literature DB >> 12839817 |
Simanti Datta1, Asis Khan, Ranjan K Nandy, Motiur Rehman, Sutapa Sinha, Santanu Chattopadhyay, Suresh C Das, G Balakrish Nair.
Abstract
We investigated the presence of cagA-like gene of Helicobacter pylori in environmental isolates of Aeromonas spp. from different water samples of Calcutta, India, by colony hybridization using a cagA-specific DNA probe and by PCR with cagA-specific primers. Nucleotide sequencing of five PCR products revealed 97 to 98% homology to canonical cagA of H. pylori 26695 as well as to four clinical H. pylori strains from Calcutta. The cagA-like gene of the environmental isolates was unstable in laboratory conditions and tended to be lost upon subculturing.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12839817 PMCID: PMC165152 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.4291-4295.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792