A Sour Relationship between BabA and Lewis b

Publication date: 8 March 2017
Source:Cell Host & Microbe, Volume 21, Issue 3
Author(s): Masanori Hatakeyama
Helicobacter pylori survives in the hostile acidic environment of the stomach through extensive adaptation. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Bugaytsova et al. (2017) report an acid-responsive, reversible adherence of H. pylori BabA to the gastric mucosa, the strength of which is tuned by dynamic BabA adaptation.

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Helicobacter pylori survives in the hostile acidic environment of the stomach through extensive adaptation. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Bugaytsova et al. (2017) report an acid-responsive, reversible adherence of H. pylori BabA to the gastric mucosa, the strength of which is tuned by dynamic BabA adaptation.


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