Lack of stage-specific proteins in coccoid Helicobacter pylori cells.

Authors:
Dirk Bumann, Hajar Habibi, Biao Kan, Monika Schmid, Christian Goosmann, Volker Brinkmann, Thomas F Meyer, Peter R Jungblut
Year of publication:
2004
Volume:
72
Issue:
11
Issn:
0019-9567
Journal title abbreviated:
Infect. Immun.
Journal title long:
Infection and immunity
Impact factor:
3.616
Abstract:
Helicobacter pylori exists in two distinct forms, rod shaped or coccoid, in stomachs of infected patients. Based on in vitro proteome comparisons, there are no detectable coccoid-specific proteins, which argues against the specific adaptation of coccoid Helicobacter to distinct biological functions, such as enhanced persistence or transmission to other hosts.