Inflammasome (1 of 2) (VIDEO)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Invading bacteria leave behind bits of protein (red) that are inspected by a mouse immune system protein called NAIP5 (yellow), which recruits a second immune protein (blue), forming a structure called an inflammasome.

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Russell Vance Lab/UC Berkeley/Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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