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Death of a chaperone

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To help their growth and spread, bacteria rely on virulence factors, many of which are toxic. One such factor is highly potent, as it attacks a key protein that 'chaperones' other proteins through their synthesis.

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Figure 1: The endoplasmic reticulum.

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  1. Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, 2-35121, Italy

    Cesare Montecucco

  2. Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Via Vincenzo Vela 6, Bellinzona, CH-6500, Switzerland

    Maurizio Molinari

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Montecucco, C., Molinari, M. Death of a chaperone. Nature 443, 511–512 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/443511a

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