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Functional Analysis of theHelicobacter pylori cagPathogenicity Island Reveals Both VirD4-CagA-Dependent and VirD4-CagA-Independent Mechanisms
1 Feb 2002
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The type IV secretion machinery encoded by the cag pathogenicity island (PAI) of Helicobacter pylori has been implicated in a series of host responses during infection. Here, we analyzed the function of 12 cag PAI genes from both cag I and cag II loci, including the complete virB/D complex (virB4, virB7, virB8, virB9, virB10, virB11, and virD4). We monitored interleukin-8 (IL-8) secretion, CagA translocation and...
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