Reduced intracellular survival of Helicobacter pylori vacA mutants in comparison with their wild-types indicates the role of VacA in pathogenesis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 103-108

  Petersen, Andreas Munk ^a   Sørensen, Kristine ^a   Blom, Jens ^a   Krogfelt, Karen Angeliki ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Intracellular; VacA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CAGA PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARCINOMA CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUPERNATANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENTAMICINS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MUTATION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035074519     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(00)00246-7     Document Type: Article

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