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Protein that Distracts Antibodies Helps Pathogens (3 of 5)

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Protein that Distracts Antibodies Helps Pathogens (3 of 5)

image: This is a scanning electron microscopy image of human pathogenic bacteria Mycoplasma genitalium (pseudo-colored green) attached to a human vaginal cell at a scale of 5micron. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 7, 2014, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Rajesh K. Grover at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, and colleagues was titled, "A Structurally Distinct Human Mycoplasma Protein that Generically Blocks Antigen-Antibody Union." view more 

Credit: Image courtesy of Rajesh K. Grover and Richard B. Pyles


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