Salmonella (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Salmonella

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When microbes like Salmonella (green) infect human cells, they overrun the cells' liquid interiors. Researchers have discovered how cells fight back: with a detergent-like molecule, called APOL3, that kills the bacteria by breaking up their membranes.

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R. Gaudet et al./Science 2021

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