Article
Simple method for determination of the number of Helicobacter pylori CagA variable-region EPIYA tyrosine phosphorylation motifs by PCR.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2005
Argent Richard H, Zhang Youli, Atherton John C
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori strains possessing the cag pathogenicity island are associated with the development of gastric cancer. The CagA protein is translocated into epithelial cells and becomes phosphorylated on tyrosine residues within EPIYA motifs, which may be repeated within the variable region of the protein. Strains possessing CagA with greater numbers of these repeats have been more closely associated with...
Topics
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- Genetic Variation
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phosphorylation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
