Investigating Pathogenic Mechanisms of the Helicobacter pylori Virulence Factor CagA Using Transgenic Expression in Drosophila melanogaster
99 pages === Upon colonization of the human stomach, Helicobacter pylori establishes intimate interactions with the gastric epithelium, resulting in pathogenic host responses that can lead to gastric cancer. An important component of this interaction is translocation of the CagA effector protein int...
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University of Oregon
2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12477 |