| abstract |
The present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule conferring on Helicobacter bizzozeronii an ability to produce urease. The present invention also relates to the isolation of two urease structural genes, ureA and ureB, and five urease accessory genes, ureE, ureF, ureG, ureH, and ureI, of H. bizzozeronii . Also disclosed are deduced protein and polypeptide sequences of the nucleic acid molecules and genes of the present invention. Detection and treatment methods relating to H. bizzozeronii are also disclosed. |