Plasma membrane ruffle (IMAGE)

Umea University

Plasma membrane ruffle

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Coloured confocal microscopy immunofluorescence image of a plasma membrane ruffle taking up invasive bacteria into an intestinal epithelial cell.

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Sample and image acquisition: Dorothee Langenbach; Artistic rendering: Atin Sharma. MIMS, Umeå University.

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