Rickettsia Evades a Tense Situation

Publication date: 9 November 2016
Source:Cell Host & Microbe, Volume 20, Issue 5
Author(s): Keith Ireton
Many bacterial pathogens remodel the plasma membrane of the host cell in order to promote infection. In a recent Cell paper, Lamason et al. (2016) identify a mechanism of remodeling by pathogenic Rickettsia that involves manipulation of plasma membrane tension.

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Many bacterial pathogens remodel the plasma membrane of the host cell in order to promote infection. In a recent Cell paper, Lamason et al. (2016) identify a mechanism of remodeling by pathogenic Rickettsia that involves manipulation of plasma membrane tension.


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