Despite enormous progress in understanding the fundamentals of bacterial gene regulation,
our knowledge remains limited when compared with the number of bacterial genomes and …

Helicobacter pylori is responsible for the most commonly found infection in the world's
population. It is the major risk factor for gastric cancer development. Numerous studies …

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is highly prevalent in the human population and may
lead to severe gastrointestinal pathology including gastric and duodenal ulcers, mucosa …

In this review, we highlight progress in the last year in characterizing known virulence factors
like flagella and the Cag type IV secretion system with sophisticated structural and …

Helicobacter pylori is a human-specific pathogen with a strict tropism for the gastric mucosa.
This bacterium infects around half of the world population and is the main responsible for …

Long-term infection of the stomach with Helicobacter pylori can cause gastric cancer.
However, the mechanisms by which the bacteria adapt to the stomach environment are …

The solute binding proteins (SBPs) of prokaryotes are present in the extracytosolic space.
Although their primary function is providing substrates to transporters, SBPs also stimulate …

Many bacterial pathogens regulate their virulence genes via phase variation, whereby
length-variable simple sequence repeats control the transcription or coding potential of …

Metal such as iron, zinc, manganese, and nickel are essential elements for bacteria. These
nutrients are required in crucial structural and catalytic roles in biological processes …

Since the discovery of penicillin in the first half of the last century, antibiotics have become
the pillars of modern medicine for fighting bacterial infections. However, pathogens resistant …