A 12-amino-acid segment, present in type s2 but not type s1 Helicobacter pylori VacA proteins, abolishes cytotoxin activity and alters membrane channel formation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 6499-6508

  McClain, M S ^a   Cao, P ^a   Iwamoto, H ^a   Vinion Dubiel, A D ^a   Szabo, G ^a   Shao, Z ^a   Cover, T L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION CHANNEL; BACTERIAL TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANION TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HELA CELL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE C MYC; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CYTOTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HELA CELLS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034750730     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.22.6499-6508.2001     Document Type: Article

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