Bacterial filamentation as a mechanism for cell-to-cell spread within an animal host

Some intracellular pathogens can directly invade neighboring host cells in cell culture, but it is unclear how this happens in vivo. Here, Tran et al. describe an intracellular bacterium that forms filaments to spread between intestinal epithelial cells in its host nematode, in a process regulated b...

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Main Authors: Tuan D. Tran, Munira Aman Ali, Davin Lee, Marie-Anne Félix, Robert J. Luallen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28297-6