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| Title |
Bacterial α2-macroglobulins: colonization factors acquired by horizontal gene transfer from the metazoan genome?
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| Published in |
Genome Biology, May 2004
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| DOI | 10.1186/gb-2004-5-6-r38 |
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| Authors |
Aidan Budd, Stephanie Blandin, Elena A Levashina, Toby J Gibson |
| Abstract |
Invasive bacteria are known to have captured and adapted eukaryotic host genes. They also readily acquire colonizing genes from other bacteria by horizontal gene transfer. Closely related species such as Helicobacter pylori and Helicobacter hepaticus, which exploit different host tissues, share almost none of their colonization genes. The protease inhibitor alpha2-macroglobulin provides a major metazoan defense against invasive bacteria, trapping attacking proteases required by parasites for successful invasion. |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 86 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 81 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 23% |
| Researcher | 18 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 15% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 15 | 17% |
| Unknown | 8 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 43 | 50% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 21 | 24% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 3% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 2% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 8 | 9% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 June 2004.
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