Vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA), a key toxin for Helicobacter pylori pathogenesis.
More than fifty percent of the world’s population is infected with Helicobacter pylori. Chronic infection with the Gram-negative pathogen is associated with the development of peptic ulcers and is linked to an increased risk of gastric cancer. H. pylori secrete many proteinaceous factors that are im...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2012.00092/full |