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Catalase (KatA) and KatA-associated protein (KapA) are essential to persistent colonization in the Helicobacter pylori SS1 mouse model.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Mar 2003
Harris Andrew G, Wilson John E, Danon Stephen J, Dixon Michael F, Donegan Kevin, Hazell Stuart L
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Helicobacter pylori infects the human gastric mucosa and elicits an aggressive inflammatory response. Despite the severity of the inflammatory response, the bacterium is able to persist and cause a chronic infection. It is believed that antioxidant defence mechanisms enable this organism to persist. Wild-type H. pylori strain SS1, and KatA- and KapA-deficient mutants, were used to infect C57/BL6 mice to test this...
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