TABLE 3.

Promoter activities in the wild type and HP1248 deletion mutant

H. pylori strain	Relevant genotype, pHa	XylE activity (U/min/108 cells) for reporter geneb
		cagA′-xylE	cheY′-xylE	HP1192′-xylE	flaB′-xylE	HP0175′-xylE	ggt′-xylE	cagA′-xylE(C)c
NTUH-C1	WT, 7	12.6 ± 4.0	8.2 ± 3.3	7.1 ± 2.3	10.3 ± 3.1	6.6 ± 2.2	11.0 ± 3.8	2.3 ± 1.0
C1/HP1248-cat	HP1248−, 7	13.4 ± 3.9	7.5 ± 3.8	7.7 ± 3.4	11.1 ± 4.9	5.9 ± 1.9	10.5 ± 2.9	1.9 ± 0.7
NTUH-C1	WT, 5	19.8 ± 3.1	NAd	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

^aWT, wild type; HP1248−, HP1248 deletion.

^bValues represent the averages for three replicates ± standard deviations.

^ccagA′-xylE(C), cagA′-xylE integrated in chromosome HP0405 locus.

^dNA, not available.