VacA from Helicobacter pylori: a hexameric chloride channel
Open Access
- 30 April 1999
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 450 (1-2) , 101-104
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00474-3
Abstract
VacA is a unique protein toxin secreted by the human pathogen Helicobacter pylori. At a neutral pH, the cytotoxin self‐associates into predominantly dodecameric complexes. In this report, we show tha...Keywords
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