Time To Reassess Salmonella's Infection Strategy

With the publication of a new study in Cellular Microbiology, an international team of researchers has shed new light on the infection strategy of Salmonella, suggesting that scientists will have to reassess their understanding of how the pathogens invade host cells. Although Salmonella are long-known pathogens, the precise mechanisms they use to infect are incompletely understood. The bacteria inject a protein cocktail into host cells using a molecular syringe, leading to dramatic rearrangements of cytoskeletal filaments below the cell membrane. read more

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