Lack of stage-specific proteins in coccoid Helicobacter pylori cells.
Helicobacter pylori exists in two distinct forms, rod shaped or coccoid, in stomachs of infected patients. Based on in vitro proteome comparisons, there are no detectable coccoid-specific proteins, which argues against the specific adaptation of coccoid Helicobacter to distinct biological functions, such as enhanced persistence or transmission to other hosts.
Bumann
Dirk
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Department of Molecular Biology, Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany.
Habibi
Hajar
H
Kan
Biao
B
Schmid
Monika
M
Goosmann
Christian
C
Brinkmann
Volker
V
Meyer
Thomas F
TF
Jungblut
Peter R
PR
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D020543:Proteome
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D020543:Proteome