German Researchers Make Significant Strides In Identifying Cause Of Bacterial Infections
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 10:35
in Biology & Nature
Several bacterial pathogens use toxins to manipulate human host cells, ultimately disturbing cellular signal transduction. Until now, however, scientists have been able to track down only a few of the proteins that interact with bacterial toxins in infected human cells. Now, researchers in Germany have identified 39 interaction partners of these toxins, using novel technology which allowed them to screen for large numbers of proteins simultaneously.