Browsing by Subject "VacA"

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    • Cellular Responses to the Helicobacter pylori Pore-Forming Toxin, VacA 
      Foegeding, Nora June (2019-05-15)
      Department: Cell and Developmental Biology
      <em>Helicobacter pylori</em> is a Gram-negative bacterium that colonizes the human stomach. More than 50% of the global population is chronically infected with <em>H. pylori</em>, and infection with <em>H. pylori</em> is ...
    • Helicobacter pylori VacA toxin: regulation & strain-specific differences in activity 
      Caston, Rhonda; 0000-0001-9148-3797 (2020-03-31)
      Department: Microbe-Host Interactions
      Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative bacterium that colonizes the gastric mucosa and has the potential to cause peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer. The risk of developing gastric cancer is determined by multiple ...
    • Structural Analysis of the Helicobacter pylori Toxin VacA 
      Pyburn, Tasia Marie (2017-03-21)
      Department: Cell and Developmental Biology
      CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY Structural Analysis of the Helicobacter pylori toxin VacA Tasia Marie Pyburn Dissertation under the direction of Associate Professor Melanie Ohi Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative bacterium ...
    • Structure-function analysis of the Helicobacter pylori VacA p55 domain 
      Ivie, Susan Elizabeth (2009-09-23)
      Department: Microbiology and Immunology
      Colonization of the human stomach with Helicobacter pylori leads to gastric inflammation and is associated with an increased risk for development of peptic ulceration and gastric cancer. An important H. pylori virulence ...