Cell specificity of Helicobacter pylori cytotoxin is determined by a short region in the polymorphic midregion

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3754-3757

  Ji, Xuhuai ^a,b   Fernandez, Thomas ^a   Burroni, Daniela ^a   Pagliaccia, Cristina ^a   Atherton, John C ^c   Reyrat, Jean Marc ^a,d   Rappuoli, Rino ^a   Telford, John L ^a  

^a CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE INSERTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYTOTOXINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HELA CELLS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RABBITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VACUOLES;

EID: 0034119175     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.6.3754-3757.2000     Document Type: Article

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