Functional plasticity in the type IV secretion system of Helicobacter pylori.
Helicobacter pylori causes clinical disease primarily in those individuals infected with a strain that carries the cytotoxin associated gene pathogenicity island (cagPAI). The cagPAI encodes a type IV secretion system (T4SS) that injects the CagA oncoprotein into epithelial cells and is required for...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-02-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3585145?pdf=render |