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Structural definition on the surface of Helicobacter pylori type IV secretion apparatus.
Cellular microbiology - 1 Jun 2003
Tanaka Jiro, Suzuki Toshihiko, Mimuro Hitomi, Sasakawa Chihiro
Abstract excerpt
Genetic and functional studies have indicated that the type IV secretion system (TFSS) of Helicobacter pylori forms a secretion complex in the cell envelope that protrudes towards the outside in order to inject CagA protein into gastric epithelial cells. However, the proposed structural model is based on partial amino acid homology with the components of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens TFSS. Therefore, we undertook...
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