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Rapid evolution of the Helicobacter pylori AlpA adhesin in a high gastric cancer risk region from Colombia

To be able to survive, Helicobacter pylori must adhere to the gastric epithelial cells of its human host. For this purpose, the bacterium employs an array of adhesins, for example, AlpA. The adhesin AlpA has been proposed as a major adhesin because of its critical role in human stomach colonization....

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Autores principales: Gutiérrez-Escobar, Andrés Julián, Méndez-Callejas, Gina, Acevedo, Orlando, Bravo, Maria Mercedes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5971833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29844987
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4846

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