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Mutation of luxS affects motility and infectivity of Helicobacter pylori in gastric mucosa of a Mongolian gerbil model.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Nov 2006
Osaki Takako, Hanawa Tomoko, Manzoku Taki, Fukuda Minoru, Kawakami Hayato, Suzuki Hidekazu, Yamaguchi Hiroyuki, Yan Xu, Taguchi Haruhiko, Kurata Satoshi, Kamiya Shigeru
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori is associated with gastric disorders in humans and some experimental animals, and possesses the luxS/type 2 autoinducer (AI-2) system. The effects of a specific luxS mutation on the characteristics of H. pylori were examined. On 0.3 % agar medium, motility of H. pylori HPKY08 (luxS : : cat) was significantly lower than that of wild-type H. pylori TK1402. The luxS-complemented strain HPKY21...
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