The Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island protein CagN is a bacterial membrane-associated protein that is processed at its C terminus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2537-2543

  Bourzac, Kevin M ^a   Satkamp, Laura A ^b   Guillemin, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGN PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CANCER RISK; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIN ASSOCIATED GENE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HP0538 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH EPITHELIUM;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 33646353669     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.5.2537-2543.2006     Document Type: Article

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