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Positive selection on a bacterial oncoprotein associated with gastric cancer
BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori is a vertically inherited gut commensal that is carcinogenic if it possesses the cag pathogenicity island (cag PaI); infection with H.pylori is the major risk factor for gastric cancer, the second leading cause of death from cancer worldwide (WHO). The cag PaI locus e...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228766/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22078307 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-4749-3-18 |