Nascent plasma membrane ruffle (IMAGE)

Umea University

Nascent plasma membrane ruffle

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Coloured electron microscopy image of a nascent plasma membrane ruffle enclosing a bacterium which invades an intestinal epithelial cell.

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Sample: Lalitha Tadala; Image acquisition: Ramón Cervantes-Rivera; Artistic rendering: Atin Sharma. MIMS, Umeå University.

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