The Helicobacter pylori UvrC Nuclease Is Essential for Chromosomal Microimports after Natural Transformation

ABSTRACT Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative bacterial carcinogenic pathogen that infects the stomachs of half of the human population. It is a natural mutator due to a deficient DNA mismatch repair pathway and is naturally competent for transformation. As a result, it is one of the most genetica...

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Main Authors: Florent Ailloud, Iratxe Estibariz, Gudrun Pfaffinger, Sebastian Suerbaum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-08-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.01811-22