Helicobacter pylori usurps cell polarity to turn the cell surface into a replicative niche.

Helicobacter pylori (Hp) intimately interacts with the gastric epithelial surface and translocates the virulence factor CagA into host cells in a contact-dependent manner. To study how Hp benefits from interacting with the cell surface, we developed live-cell microscopy methods to follow the fate of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shumin Tan, Lucy S Tompkins, Manuel R Amieva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-05-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2669173?pdf=render