Acid activation of Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin (VacA) results in toxin internalization by eukaryotic cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 433-442

  McClain, Mark S ^a   Schraw, Wayne ^a   Ricci, Vittorio ^b   Boquet, Patrice ^b   Cover, Timothy L ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HELA CELL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYTOTOXINS; HELA CELLS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); VACUOLES;

EID: 0033929821     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02013.x     Document Type: Article

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