Abstract
Intestinal epithelial cells serve as the major defense barrier against enteric bacterial infection. However, pathogens have devised remarkable schemes to usurp this formidable immune barrier. In a study recently published in Cell, Iwai et al. expand our understanding of how Shigella colonizes the epithelium by describing bacterial IpaB as a specific inhibitor of the eukaryotic cell division cycle.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 141-142 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Cell Host and Microbe |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 13 2007 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Parasitology
- Microbiology
- Virology