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Research Article

Cloning and Characterization of a Helicobacter bizzozeronii Urease Gene Cluster

Jiaqian Zhu Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Ching-Hao Teng Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Chao-Fu Chang Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ching-Dong Chang Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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Kenneth W. Simpson Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Christina Wei Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Patrick McDonough Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Sean McDonough Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Yung-Fu Chang Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Pages 321-331 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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