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- Title
Genomics of Helicobacter 2003.
- Authors
Björkholm, Britta; Salama, Nina R.
- Abstract
Research on Helicobacter pylori has been driven by the field of genomics since the release of the first of two complete genome sequences in 1997. In this review we highlight progress made in the last year. New bioinformatics tools and methods promise better functional and strain comparative analyses of individual genes. Sequence-based methods of strain comparison documented the coevolution of H. pylori with human populations. Several comprehensive analyses of the bacterial transcriptome were undertaken as well as two sophisticated studies of the transcriptional response of specific host tissues in response to H. pylori infection using different mouse models of H. pylori diseases. Some progress was made in developing genetic tools for mutational analysis of the genes required for infection. Finally, proteomic approaches were refined to delineate surface exposed and secreted proteins that represent potential antigens. In summary, while we do not have the full story of H. pylori, significant progress in deciphering the genome into functional biology has been made.
- Subjects
HELICOBACTER pylori; GENOMICS; PROTEOMICS
- Publication
Helicobacter, 2003, Vol 8, p1
- ISSN
1083-4389
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1523-5378.2003.00161.x