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Comparative genomic analysis of East Asian and non-Asian Helicobacter pylori strains identifies rapidly evolving genes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Duncan Stacy S, Valk Pieter L, McClain Mark S, Shaffer Carrie L, Metcalf Jason A, Bordenstein Seth R, Cover Timothy L
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori infection is a risk factor for the development of gastric adenocarcinoma, a disease that has a high incidence in East Asia. Genes that are highly divergent in East Asian H. pylori strains compared to non-Asian strains are predicted to encode proteins that differ in functional activity and could represent novel determinants of virulence. To identify such proteins, we undertook a comparative...
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