Sphingomyelin Functions as a Novel Receptor for Helicobacter pylori VacA

• Vijay R. Gupta ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Vijay R. Gupta, Hetal K. Patel

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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• Hetal K. Patel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Vijay R. Gupta, Hetal K. Patel

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Sean S. Kostolansky,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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• Roberto A. Ballivian,

  Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Joseph Eichberg,

  Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Steven R. Blanke

  * E-mail: sblanke@life.uiuc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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