Molecular evolution of the VacA p55 binding domain of Helicobacter pylori in mestizos from a high gastric cancer region of Colombia

The stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori is one of the most prevalent pathogens in humans, closely linked with serious diseases such as gastric cancer. The microbe has been associated with its host for more than 100,000 years and escorted modern humans out of Africa. H. pylori is predominantly tran...

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Autores:
Gutiérrez Escobar, Andrés J.
Bravo, María M.
Acevedo, Orlando
Backert, Steffen
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2019
Institución:
Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales U.D.C.A
Repositorio:
Repositorio Institucional UDCA
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.udca.edu.co:11158/2452
Acceso en línea:
https://peerj.com/articles/6634.pdf
Palabra clave:
Evolución Molecular
Helicobacter pylori
Neoplasias Gástricas
Evolution
Functional divergence
Gene convergence
Helicobacter pylori
Positive selection
VacA
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