Intoxication strategy of Helicobacter pylori VacA toxin

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 165-174

  Boquet, Patrice ^a   Ricci, Vittorio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actin dependent intracellular trafficking; Apoptosis; CagA; Gastric epithelium; Host pathogen interaction; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CAGA TOXIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; PROTEIN P33; PROTEIN P55; SHIGA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL VACUOLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 84859264679     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2012.01.008     Document Type: Review

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