How a bacterial pathogen that causes dysentery manipulates molecular activity to assure its survival
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How a bacterial pathogen that causes dysentery manipulates molecular activity to assure its survival

Virginia Tech researchers have learned how bacteria manipulate molecules to infect the host organism. Daniel Capelluto and his research team have discovered the mechanism by which the bacterial pathogen Shigella flexneri, the causative agent of dysentery, manipulates molecular activity to assure its survival against its host's natural defenses.