A changing gastric environment leads to adaptation of lipopolysaccharide variants in Helicobacter pylori populations during colonization.
The human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori colonizes the stomachs of half of the human population, and causes development of peptic ulcer disease and gastric adenocarcinoma. H. pylori-associated chronic atrophic gastritis (ChAG) with loss of the acid-producing parietal cells, is correlated with...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-06-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2690825?pdf=render |