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Structural basis and functional consequence of Helicobacter pylori CagA multimerization in cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 27 Oct 2006
Ren Shumei, Higashi Hideaki, Lu Huaisheng, Azuma Takeshi, Hatakeyama Masanori
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori cagA-positive strains are associated with gastric adenocarcinoma. The cagA gene product CagA is delivered into gastric epithelial cells where it localizes to the plasma membrane and undergoes tyrosine phosphorylation at the EPIYA-repeat region, which contains the EPIYA-A segment, EPIYA-B segment, and Western CagA-specific EPIYA-C or East Asian CagA-specific EPIYA-D segment. In host cells, CagA...
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