Antibodies trick E. coli to bind to them instead of to host cell (IMAGE)

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine

Antibodies trick E. coli to bind to them instead of to host cell

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An E.coli bacterium (pink) binds to a host cell surface in the lower left of this illustration. Sticking tenuously to a host cell is an early step in infection. In the upper right, antibodies deceive an E. coli bacterium into binding to them, instead of a host cell, by mimicking host cell receptors..  

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Sokurenko and Kollman Labs/UW Medicine

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