Toxic Shutdown (VIDEO)

Ohio State University

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New research shows how bacterial toxins are able to cripple normal cellular activity. Here, we see a slowdown in activity of formins (black specks, visible) at the tips of actin filaments (invisible) in the presence of active ACD toxin (top panels.) The lower panels show normal activity.

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