Helicobacter pylori VacA toxin/subunit p34: targeting of an anion channel to the inner mitochondrial membrane.

The vacuolating toxin VacA, released by Helicobacter pylori, is an important virulence factor in the pathogenesis of gastritis and gastroduodenal ulcers. VacA contains two subunits: The p58 subunit mediates entry into target cells, and the p34 subunit mediates targeting to mitochondria and is essent...

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Main Authors: Grazyna Domańska, Christian Motz, Michael Meinecke, Anke Harsman, Panagiotis Papatheodorou, Boris Reljic, Elke A Dian-Lothrop, Antoine Galmiche, Oliver Kepp, Lars Becker, Kathrin Günnewig, Richard Wagner, Joachim Rassow
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a4b5be66caac4e40b235c363349940c3
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