Open AccessFusion fuels killing
Author(s) -
Nicole LeBrasseur
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb1635iti4
Subject(s) - biology , organelle , pathogen , microbiology and biotechnology , vesicle , salmonella , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics , membrane
![Graphic][1] Macrophages infected by Salmonella accumulate vesicles that resemble autophagosomes.On [page 1123][2], Hernandez et al. demonstrate that a human bacterial pathogen makes host defense cells self-destruct by engulfing their own organelles.This engulfment, known as
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