Functional complementation reveals the importance of intermolecular monomer interactions for Helicobacter pylori VacA vacuolating activity.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on March 01, 2002

Authors

Dan Ye1, Steven R Blanke

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, 369 Science and Research Building II, Houston, TX 77204-5001, USA.

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