Affiliation:
1. Departments of Internal Medicine and Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California, Davis, California
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Helicobacter pylori
BabA is the ABO blood group antigen binding adhesin, which has a closely related paralogue (BabB) whose function is unknown. PCR and DNA sequence analysis showed extensive genotypic diversity in
babA
and
babB
across different strains, as well as within a strain colonizing an individual patient. We hypothesize that diverse profiles of
babA
and
babB
reflect selective pressures for adhesion, which may differ across different hosts and within an individual over time.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology
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