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A model symbiosis reveals a role for sheathed-flagellum rotation in the release of immunogenic lipopolysaccharide.
eLife - 4 Mar 2014
Brennan Caitlin A, Hunt Jason R, Kremer Natacha, Krasity Benjamin C, Apicella Michael A, McFall-Ngai Margaret J, Ruby Edward G
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial flagella mediate host-microbe interactions through tissue tropism during colonization, as well as by activating immune responses. The flagellar shaft of some bacteria, including several human pathogens, is encased in a membranous sheath of unknown function. While it has been hypothesized that the sheath may allow these bacteria to evade host responses to the immunogenic flagellin subunit, this unusual...
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