Helicobacter pylori BabA in adaptation for gastric colonization

Table 1 Chromosomal location of babA, babB and babC genes in different strains

Strain	Locus A	Locus B	Locus C
26695	babB	babA	babC
J99	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
HPAG1	babA	babC	babB
G27	babC	No corresponding gene	babA
51	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
Shi470	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
P12	babA	babB	babB homolog1
52	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
B38	babA	No corresponding gene	No corresponding gene
v225d	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
SJM180	babB	babC	babA
PeCan4	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
Sat464	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
35A	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
India7	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
Gambia94/24	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
SouthAfrica7	babA	babA	No corresponding gene
Oki112	babA	babA	No corresponding gene
Oki154	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
Oki828	babA	babA	No corresponding gene
J166	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
SNT49	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
Puno120	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
Puno135	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
B8	babA	babA	No corresponding gene
83	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
ELS37	babB	babA	No corresponding gene
HUP-B14	babA	babC	No corresponding gene
F16	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
F30	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
Hp238	babA	babB	No corresponding gene
BM013A	babB	babB	No corresponding gene
29CaP	babA	babA	No corresponding gene

¹Although the gene is homologous to babB but due to the insertion of adenine (A) caused the formation of stop codon and premature termination.