Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 93, No. 25 (Dec. 10, 1996), pp. 14648-14653 (6 pages) cagA, a gene that codes for an immunodominant antigen, is ...
Helicobacter pylori infects over half the world's population and causes a wide range of diseases, including gastritis, peptic ulcer, and two forms of gastric cancer. H. pylori infection elicits a ...
A huge tool-kit of genes allows a rogue form of a normally harmless gut bacterium to cause life-threatening infections. The finding could lead to new ways to predict, prevent or treat these infections ...