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Nature 449, 798-799 (18 October 2007) | doi:10.1038/449798a; Published online 17 October 2007

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Microbiology: Preparing the shot

Christof R. Hauck1

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Direct injection of proteins into host cells is one of the tricks bacteria use during infection. It seems that, to achieve this, the stomach pathogen Helicobacter pylori first grabs the cell by its surface receptors.

The bacterium Helicobacter pylori successfully colonizes the stomach of about every third person. Infection with this ubiquitous microorganism can cause acute and chronic gastritis, as well as stomach ulcers1.

  1. Christof R. Hauck is at the Lehrstuhl Zellbiologie, Fachbereich Biologie X908, Universität Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
    Email: christof.hauck@uni-konstanz.de

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