Hide and seek: Revealing camouflaged bacteria
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 19:50
in Biology & Nature
A protein family that plays a central role in the fight against the bacterial pathogen Salmonella within the cells has been discovered by researchers. The so called interferon-induced GTPases reveal and eliminate the bacterium's camouflage in the cell, enabling the cell to recognize the pathogen and to render it innocuous.