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New protein identified in bacterial arsenal
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly a billion years ago, bacteria evolved an insidious means of infecting their hosts — a syringe-like mechanism able to inject cells with stealthy hijacker molecules. These molecules, ...
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Bacterial protein mimics its host to disable a key enzyme (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacteria use all sorts of cunning to trick hosts into doing their bidding. One con in their bag of tricks: the molecular mimic. In this ruse, bacteria or their agents look for all purposes like some native ...
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Structure of a virulent pathogen revealed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like high-profile politicians, pathogenic bacteria dispatch advance teams to make way for their arrival. But these bacterial agents don’t just secure a safe passage, as a Secret Service detail ...
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Dec 04, 2008 |
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Structural study of anthrax yields new antibiotic target
Researchers studying anthrax knew they were onto something when they discovered an opponent the bacterium couldn’t outwit. Probing a bit deeper, they discovered this was because the attacker was interacting ...
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Jan 28, 2008 |
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A wolf in sheep’s clothing: plague bacteria reveal one of their virulence tricks
The bacterium that causes the plague belongs to a virulent family of bacteria called Yersinia, a group that also includes a pathogen responsible for food poisoning. These bacteria insert into their host cells ...
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Sep 19, 2006 |
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