Gastric cancer is a very serious and deadly disease worldwide with about one million new
cases every year. Most gastric cancer subtypes are associated with genetic and epigenetic …

Abstract Helicobacter pylori colonizes approximately 50% of the world's population and it
was the first bacterium to be identified as a carcinogen. Chronic infection with this bacterium …

Recombination plays a dominant role in the evolution of the bacterial pathogen Helicobacter
pylori, but its dynamics remain incompletely understood. Here we use an in vitro …

Evaluation of: Barrozo RM, Cooke CL, Hansen LM et al. Functional plasticity in the type IV
secretion system of Helicobacter pylori. PLoS Pathog. 9 (2), e1003189 (2013). Infections …

H. pylori, a Gram-negative microaerophilic microorganism, is the only bacterial pathogen
classified as a Class I carcinogen, due to its association, since its initial discovery, with …

Helicobacter pylori colonizes the stomachs of more than 50% of the world's population,
making it one of the most successful of all human pathogens. One striking characteristic of H …

Helicobacter pylori populations recovered from the human stomach display extensive
recombination and quasispecies development, and this suggests frequent exchange of DNA …

Recombination is a fundamental mechanism for the generation of genetic variation.
Helicobacter pylori strains have different frequencies of intragenomic recombination, arising …

Helicobacter pylori is the most common bacterial infection worldwide. Biological costs
incurred by chronic colonization include increased risk for gastric adenocarcinoma [1] …

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a Gram negative bacterium that colonizes the stomach of
almost half human population. It has evolved to escape immune surveillance, establishes …