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Disease association with two Helicobacter pylori duplicate outer membrane protein genes, homB and homA

BACKGROUND: homB encodes a Helicobacter pylori outer membrane protein. This gene was previously associated with peptic ulcer disease (PUD) and was shown to induce activation of interleukin-8 secretion in vitro, as well as contributing to bacterial adherence. Its 90%-similar gene, homA, was previousl...

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Autores principales: Oleastro, Monica, Cordeiro, Rita, Yamaoka, Yoshio, Queiroz, Dulciene, Mégraud, Francis, Monteiro, Lurdes, Ménard, Armelle
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2706848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19545429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-4749-1-12