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Expression of the Helicobacter pylori adhesin SabA is controlled via phase variation and the ArsRS signal transduction system.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Aug 2008
Goodwin Andrew C, Weinberger Daniel M, Ford Christopher B, Nelson Jessica C, Snider Jonathan D, Hall Joshua D, Paules Catharine I, Peek Richard M, Forsyth Mark H
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Adaptation to the acidic microenvironment, and adherence to mucosal epithelium, are essential for persistent colonization of the human stomach by Helicobacter pylori. The expression of SabA, an adhesin implicated in the ability of H. pylori to adhere to the host gastric epithelium, can be modulated by phase variation via slipped-strand mispairing in repetitive nucleotide tracts located in both the promoter region...
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