In search of the Helicobacter pylori VacA mechanism of action

Toxicon

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1757-1767

  Papini, Emanuele ^a   Zoratti, Mario ^b   Cover, Timothy L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anion channel; Cell vacuolation; Gastro duodenal ulcer; Helicobacter pylori; VacA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOSOME; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE STRUCTURE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LYSOSOME; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0034862585     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(01)00162-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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