The Helicobacter pylori genome sequence: genetic factors for long life in the gasmc mucosa

D.E. Berg* is in the Dept of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4566 Scott Ave, St Louis, MO 63110, USA; P.S. Hoffman is in the Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalbousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4H7; B.J. Appelmelk and J.G. Kusters are in the Dept of Medical Microbiology, Vrije Universiteit, van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. *tel: +1 314 362 2772, fax: +I 314 362 1232, e-mail: berg@borcsm.wustl.edu