Functional Analysis of the cag Pathogenicity Island in Helicobacter pylori Isolates from Patients with Gastritis, Peptic Ulcer, and Gastric Cancer

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1043-1056

  Backert, Steffen ^a   Schwarz, Tobias ^b   Miehlke, Stephan ^d   Kirsch, Christian ^d   Sommer, Christian ^b   Kwok, Terry ^a   Gerhard, Markus ^e   Goebel, Ulf B ^c   Lehn, Norbert ^f   Koenig, Wolfgang ^a   Meyer, Thomas F ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM ULCER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH ULCER;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CORTACTIN; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PEPTIC ULCER; PHOSPHORYLATION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TYROSINE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 10744221155     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.2.1043-1056.2004     Document Type: Article

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