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Characterization of a Helicobacter hepaticus putA mutant strain in host colonization and oxidative stress.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jul 2008
Krishnan Navasona, Doster Alan R, Duhamel Gerald E, Becker Donald F
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Helicobacter hepaticus is a gram-negative, spiral-shaped microaerophilic bacterium associated with chronic intestinal infection leading to hepatitis and colonic and hepatic carcinomas in susceptible strains of mice. In the closely related human pathogen Helicobacter pylori, L-proline is a preferred respiratory substrate and is found at significantly high levels in the gastric juice of infected patients. A...
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