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Systematic mutagenesis of the <i>Helicobacter pylori cag</i> pathogenicity island: essential genes for CagA translocation in host cells and induction of interleukin‐8
1 Dec 2001
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Helicobacter pylori (Hp) carries a type IV secretion system encoded by the cag pathogenicity island (cag-PAI), which is used to: (i) translocate the bacterial effector protein CagA into different types of eukaryotic cells; and (ii) induce the synthesis and secretion of chemokines, such as interleukin-8 (IL-8). The cag-PAI in Hp 26695 consists of 27 putative genes, six of which were identified as homologues to the...
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