Yale team captures images of pathogens ’ tiny ‘syringes’

Salmonella and many other bacterial pathogens use a nano syringe-like device to deliver toxic proteins into target human cells. Now scientists at Yale and University of Texas Medical School- Houston have used cryo-electron tomography to reveal the molecular structure of this device, which is about 1/1000th the width of a human hair.
Source: Yale Science and Health News - Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Yale News Source Type: news