The versatility of the Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin VacA in signal transduction and molecular crosstalk

Toxins

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-92

  Backert, Steffen ^a   Tegtmeyer, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CagA; Helicobacter pylori; Lipid rafts; Pathogenicity island; Signalling; Type IV secretion; VacA; Vacuolating cytotoxin

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P55; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; VACUOLATING TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOTOXIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VACUOLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOTOXINS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VACUOLES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 79952048609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins2010069     Document Type: Article

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