1. Salmonella Taking Charge
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Bethany A. Weigele and Neal M. Alto
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Salmonella ,Cancer Research ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Bioinformatics ,Microbiology ,Phagosomal membrane ,Bacterial protein ,Virology ,Negative charge ,Immunology and Microbiology(all) ,medicine ,Parasitology ,Molecular Biology - Abstract
Pathogens develop creative ways to undermine host defenses. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Bakowski et al. (2010) have unveiled a mechanism by which Salmonella evades lysosomal fusion by using a bacterial protein, SopB, that depletes the phagosomal membrane of negative charge.
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- 2010
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