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Bacteria disarm host-defence proteins

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Infection with Shigella flexneri bacteria is a major cause of infant death. It emerges that S. flexneri evades intracellular defences by releasing a protein that triggers the destruction of members of a key family of host enzymes. See Letter p.378

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Figure 1: A bacterial protein triggers destruction of host proteins involved in immune defence.

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