Article
Diversity of VacA intermediate region among Helicobacter pylori strains from several regions of the world.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2010
Chung Christine, Olivares Asalia, Torres Eugenia, Yilmaz Ozlem, Cohen Henry, Perez-Perez Guillermo
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori is known to be a major cause of gastric carcinoma and peptic ulceration. cagA positivity and vacA's signal regions and mid-regions are well-characterized markers of H. pylori's virulence. Recently, an intermediate region has been identified as another strong marker of H. pylor...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- China
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Geography
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Prevalence
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Turkey