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Role of the HefC efflux pump in Helicobacter pylori cholesterol-dependent resistance to ceragenins and bile salts.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jan 2011
Trainor Elizabeth A, Horton Katherine E, Savage Paul B, Testerman Traci L, McGee David J
Abstract excerpt
The human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori modifies host cholesterol via glycosylation and incorporates the glycosylated cholesterol into its membrane; however, the benefits of cholesterol to H. pylori are largely unknown. We speculated that cholesterol in the H. pylori membrane might alter the susceptibility of these organisms to membrane-disrupting antibacterial compounds. To test this hypothesis, H. pylori...
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