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Helicobacter pylori HopQ outer membrane protein attenuates bacterial adherence to gastric epithelial cells.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Dec 2008
Loh John T, Torres Victor J, Algood Holly M Scott, McClain Mark S, Cover Timothy L
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori genomes contain about 30 hop genes that encode outer membrane proteins. Helicobacter pylori hopQ alleles exhibit a high level of genetic diversity, and two families of hopQ alleles have been described. Type I hopQ alleles are found more commonly in cag-positive H. pylori strai...
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