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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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Autores principales: Delgado-Rosado, Gisela, Dominguez-Bello, Maria Gloria, Massey, Steven E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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