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Helicobacter pylori dupA is polymorphic, and its active form induces proinflammatory cytokine secretion by mononuclear cells.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Jul 2010
Hussein Nawfal R, Argent Richard H, Marx Christian K, Patel Sapna R, Robinson Karen, Atherton John C
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BACKGROUND: Infection with Helicobacter pylori possessing a newly described virulence factor--duodenal ulcer-promoting gene A (dupA)--has been associated with duodenal ulceration and increased gastric inflammation. METHODS: The dupA locus of 34 strains was sequenced. A panel of dupA mutants was g...
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