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Cell Press, Current Biology, 22(10), p. R823-R825, 2000
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00788-0
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Microbial pathogenesis: Lipid rafts as pathogen portals
Journal article published in 2000 by
Carrie M. Rosenberger,
John H. Brumell,
B. Brett Finlay,
B. Brett Finlay
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Abstract
The route of initial entry influences how host cells respond to intracellular pathogens. Recent studies have demonstrated that a wide variety of pathogens target lipid microdomains in host cell membranes, known as lipid rafts, to enter host cells as an infectious strategy.