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Since attachment of recombinant VLPs to human tissue sections involves carbohydrates of the ABH, secretor, and Lewis histo-blood group family, which are present on human salivary mucins, we evaluated the ability of saliva of different ABO and secretor phenotypes to block the binding of VLPs to shellfish tissues. In the oral cavity, which is thus far the only other site where H pylori has been detected, evidence suggests that the salivary mucins may act as receptors for the local adhesion of the bacterium. Fermentation of mucins and plant polysacchairds by anerobic bacteria from the human colon. |
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