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Helicobacter pylori salvages purines from extracellular host cell DNA utilizing the outer membrane-associated nuclease NucT.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Oct 2013
Liechti George W, Goldberg Joanna B
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori is a bacterial pathogen that establishes life-long infections in humans, and its presence in the gastric epithelium is strongly associated with gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and gastric cancer. Having evolved in this specific gastric niche for hundreds of thousands of years, this microbe has become dependent on its human host. Bioinformatic analysis reveals that H. pylori has lost several...
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