Scientists reveal new toxin that damages the gut

Scientists reveal new toxin that damages the gut

Source: La Trobe University

Scientists discover how a strain of bacteria destroys the gut.

Published in Gut Microbes, the research reveals for the first time the three-dimensional structure of a toxin secreted by enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) bacteria, and shows how the bacteria use the toxin to invade and destroy the epithelial cells th… [4458 chars]

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