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. 2012 Apr 19;11(4):319-20.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2012.04.001.

Shigella navigates tight corners

Manuel Amieva  1
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Shigella navigates tight corners

Manuel Amieva. Cell Host Microbe. .

Abstract

In this issue, Fukumatsu and colleagues (2012) find that Shigella preferentially spread from cell-to-cell at unique intercellular junctions. Shigella protrusions invade adjacent cells at junctions where three cells meet, the tricellular junction. The tight junction protein tricellulin marks these sites and is important for Shigella spread.

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