Hostile takeover in the cell (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing

Hostile takeover in the cell

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The parasite Toxoplasma gondii (red) causes mitochondria (green) to shed large structures of their "skin" (yellow).

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Xianhe Li/ Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing

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