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BIOSS - Centre for Biological Signalling Studies

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Afp18 from the pathogen Yersinia ruckeri attaches a sugar molecule onto the host cell protein RhoA, thereby impairing the cell's ability to regulate actin. This has a strong effect on cell division as well as the metastasis of cancer.

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Picture by: Dr. Thomas Jank

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