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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Helicobacter pylori
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PROVIDER: E-BUGS-98 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
BMC microbiology 20100408
<h4>Background</h4>Helicobacter pylori is the causative agent for gastritis, and peptic and duodenal ulcers. The bacterium displays 5-6 polar sheathed flagella that are essential for colonisation and persistence in the gastric mucosa. The biochemistry and genetics of flagellar biogenesis in H. pylori has not been fully elucidated. Bioinformatics analysis suggested that the gene HP0256, annotated as hypothetical, was a FliJ homologue. In Salmonella, FliJ is a chaperone escort protein for FlgN and ...[more]