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H. pylori binds ABO blood group antigens

The carcinogen and peptic ulcer pathogen Helicobacter pylori binds the secretor status ABO blood group antigens. Antigen A is on the left, antigen B is at the bottom right, and antigen Leb (blood group O) is at the top right. Fucose residues are shown in green, GalNAcα1.3 (in Aleb) and Galα1.3 (in BLeb) in purple, and carbon/hydrogen in gray (see Lindén et al, e2).

Image Credit: We thank P.-G. Nyholm for structural predictions of blood group antigens.

 
 

Editorial

Change in the Editorial Leadership of PLoS Pathogens

Kasturi Haldar, Grant McFadden, John A. T Young

 

Opinion

Competitive Exclusion between Piroplasmosis and Anaplasmosis Agents within Cattle

Loubna Dib, Idir Bitam, Maja Tahri, Mourad Bensouilah, Thierry De Meeûs

 

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Campylobacter jejuni Survives within Epithelial Cells by Avoiding Delivery to Lysosomes

Robert O Watson, Jorge E Galán

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Cytosolic Extract Induces Tir Translocation and Pedestals in EPEC-Infected Red Blood Cells

Alyson I Swimm, Daniel Kalman

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Structure and Function of A41, a Vaccinia Virus Chemokine Binding Protein

Mohammad W Bahar, Julia C Kenyon, Mike M Putz, Nicola G. A Abrescia, James E Pease, Emma L Wise, David I Stuart, Geoffrey L Smith, Jonathan M Grimes

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Entamoeba histolytica Phagocytosis of Human Erythrocytes Involves PATMK, a Member of the Transmembrane Kinase Family

Douglas R Boettner, Christopher D Huston, Alicia S Linford, Sarah N Buss, Eric Houpt, Nicholas E Sherman, William A Petri Jr.

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A Functional Genomic Yeast Screen to Identify Pathogenic Bacterial Proteins

Naomi L Slagowski, Roger W Kramer, Monica F Morrison, Joshua LaBaer, Cammie F Lesser

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Organizational Changes of the Daughter Basal Complex during the Parasite Replication of Toxoplasma gondii

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Yersinia Controls Type III Effector Delivery into Host Cells by Modulating Rho Activity

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Distinct TLR- and NLR-Mediated Transcriptional Responses to an Intracellular Pathogen

Jess H Leber, Gregory T Crimmins, Sridharan Raghavan, Nicole P Meyer-Morse, Jeffery S Cox, Daniel A Portnoy

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Role of ABO Secretor Status in Mucosal Innate Immunity and H. pylori Infection

Sara Lindén, Jafar Mahdavi, Cristina Semino-Mora, Cara Olsen, Ingemar Carlstedt, Thomas Borén, Andre Dubois

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