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Table 2 CagA primary structures commonly observed in India and in Western countries and the new typing system.

From: Distinct repeat motifs at the C-terminal region of CagA of Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from diseased patients and asymptomatic individuals in West Bengal, India

CagA primary structures

Types described by Yamaokaet al.(1998)

Types described by Higashiet al.(2002)

New typing system (this study)

Examples in this study

S1Y1V1Y2I1I2I3Y3W1I2T1

Type A

A-B-C

Type 1

PCR29i

S1Y1V1Y2I1I2I3Y3W1I2I3Y4W1I2T1

Type C

A-B-C-C

Type 2

San53

S1Y1V1Y2I1I2I3Y3W1I2I3Y4W1I2I3Y5W1I2T1

Type ?

A-B-C-C-C

Type 3

San77

S1Y1I1I2I3Y3W1I2I3Y4W1I2T1

Type D

A-C-C

Type 4

I-230

S1Y1I1I2I3Y3W1I2T1

Type ?

A-C (?)

Type 5

I-27i

S1Y1W1I2T1

Type ?

A (?)

Type 6

PCR24

S1Y1V1Y2I1I2T1

Type ?

A (?)

Type 7

PCR98

  1. Some of these types could not be addressed with previous systems and termed as “type ?”