Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered a new mechanism that helps stomach bug cause illness. iVibrio parahaemolyticus/i bacteria, which cause gastroenteritis, inject proteins called effectors into host cells. One of those effectors, VopQ, almost immediately starts to disrupt the important process of autophagy via a novel channel-forming mechanism, the scientists report in the investigation available online at the iProceedings ...Monday, 29 July 2013
Novel Mechanism That Helps Stomach Bug Cause Illness Identified
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered a new mechanism that helps stomach bug cause illness. iVibrio parahaemolyticus/i bacteria, which cause gastroenteritis, inject proteins called effectors into host cells. One of those effectors, VopQ, almost immediately starts to disrupt the important process of autophagy via a novel channel-forming mechanism, the scientists report in the investigation available online at the iProceedings ...
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