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Helicobacter pylori factors associated with disease development.
Gastroenterology - 1 Dec 1997
Mobley H L
Abstract excerpt
Although certain factors appear to predispose the host to infection by Helicobacter pylori, clearly the bacterium possesses a well-defined battery of virulence factors that allow the organism to: (1) colonize the gastric mucosa (urease, flagella, adhesins, acid-inhibitory protein, iron acquisition proteins, and heat shock proteins); (2) evade host defense (shedding of surface proteins, catalase, superoxide...
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