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ArticleInfection and immunity2000

Comparative genomics of Helicobacter pylori: analysis of the outer membrane protein families.

R A Alm, J Bina, B M Andrews, P Doig, R E Hancock, T J Trust

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 165 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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165 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

R A AlmInfection Discovery AstraZeneca R & D Boston, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, USA. richard.alm@astrazeneca.com
J Bina
B M Andrews
P Doig
R E Hancock
T J Trust

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The two complete genomic sequences of Helicobacter pylori J99 and 26695 were used to compare the paralogous families (related genes within one genome, likely to have related function) of genes predicted to encode outer membrane proteins which were present in each strain. We identified five paralogous gene families ranging in size from 3 to 33 members; two of these families contained members specific for either H. pylori J99 or H. pylori 26695. Most orthologous protein pairs (equivalent genes between two genomes, same function) shared considerable identity between the two strains. The unusual set of outer membrane proteins and the specialized outer membrane may be a reflection of the adaptation of H. pylori to the unique gastric environment where it is found. One subfamily of proteins, which contains both channel-forming and adhesin molecules, is extremely highly related at the sequence level and has likely arisen due to ancestral gene duplication. In addition, the largest paralogous family contained two essentially identical pairs of genes in both strains. The presence and genomic organization of these two pairs of duplicated genes were analyzed in a panel of independent H. pylori isolates. While one pair was present in every strain examined, one allele of the other pair appeared partially deleted in several isolates.

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Genome, BacterialAllelesAmino Acid SequenceBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBase SequenceBinding SitesConserved SequenceDNA PrimersEvolution, MolecularGene DuplicationHelicobacter pyloriHumansMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyPhylogenyProtein Sorting SignalsBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsDNA PrimersProtein Sorting Signals

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PMID10858232
PMCPMC101716

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