The Helicobacter pylori VacA toxin is a urea permease that promotes urea diffusion across epithelia

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 929-937

  Tombola, F ^a   Morbiato, L ^a   Del Giudice, G ^a   Rappuoli, R ^a   Zoratti, M ^a   Papini, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

5 NITRO 2 (3 PHENYLPROPYLAMINO)BENZOIC ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; GLYCEROL; MANNITOL; PERMEASE; PHLORETIN; THIOUREA; UREA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0034836586     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI13045     Document Type: Article

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