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SUBMITTER: Marsich E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC151945 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marsich Eleonora E Zuccato Pierfrancesco P Rizzi Sonia S Vetere Amedeo A Tonin Enrico E Paoletti Sergio S
Journal of bacteriology 20021101 22
Helicobacter pylori is an important pathogen of the gastric system. The clinical outcome of infection is thought to be correlated with some genetic features of the bacterium. However, due to the extreme genetic variability of this organism, it is hard to draw definitive conclusions concerning its virulence factors. Here we describe a novel H. pylori gene which expresses an autolytic enzyme that is also capable of degrading the cell walls of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. We desig ...[more]