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. 2012 Oct 10;20(10):1613-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.str.2012.09.006.

Host-pathogen crosstalking: the mastery of taking the helm of the host

Alexandra Koutsotoli  1 , Andreas G Tzakos
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Host-pathogen crosstalking: the mastery of taking the helm of the host

Alexandra Koutsotoli et al. Structure. .
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How can pathogen proteins functionally hijack their hosts? In this issue of Structure, Aitio et al. reveal that the process involves coordinated intrinsic disorder in a short pathogen sequence that elegantly commandeers the tightly regulated cytoskeletal signaling in the host.

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