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Role of the Helicobacter hepaticus flagellar sigma factor FliA in gene regulation and murine colonization.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Oct 2008
Sterzenbach Torsten, Bartonickova Lucie, Behrens Wiebke, Brenneke Birgit, Schulze Jessika, Kops Friederike, Chin Elaine Y, Katzowitsch Elena, Schauer David B, Fox James G, Suerbaum Sebastian, Josenhans Christine
Abstract excerpt
The enterohepatic Helicobacter species Helicobacter hepaticus colonizes the murine intestinal and hepatobiliary tract and is associated with chronic intestinal inflammation, gall stone formation, hepatitis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Thus far, the role of H. hepaticus motility and flagella in intestinal colonization is unknown. In other, closely related bacteria, late flagellar genes are mainly regulated by...
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