Bacterial pathogenesis: Rickettsia releases the tension

This study shows that the bacterial effector Sca4 promotes intercellular spread of the obligate intracellular pathogen Rickettsia parkeri by disrupting the transmission of intercellular tension at cell–cell adherence junctions.

Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - November 6, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ursula Hofer Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research