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New pathogenicity marker found in the plasticity region of the Helicobacter pylori genome.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2003
Santos Adriana, Queiroz Dulciene Maria Magalhães, Ménard Armelle, Marais Armelle, Rocha Gifone Aguiar, Oliveira Celso Affonso, Nogueira Ana Margarida Miguel Ferreira, Uzeda Milton, Mégraud Francis
Abstract excerpt
Comparison of gastric carcinoma and gastritis isolates showed the presence of genes, probably carcinoma associated (JHP947 and JHP940), that are situated in a Helicobacter pylori genome region (45 kb in J99 and 68 kb in 26695) called the "plasticity region." This region presents a great variabili...
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