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Pushing boundaries: mechanisms enabling bacterial pathogens to spread between cells
25 Apr 2024
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ABSTRACT For multiple intracellular bacterial pathogens, the ability to spread directly into adjacent epithelial cells is an essential step for disease in humans. For pathogens such as Shigella , Listeria , Rickettsia , and Burkholderia , this intercellular movement frequently requires the pathogens to manipulate the host actin cytoskeleton and deform the plasma membrane into structures known as protrusions,...
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