Bacterial Protein Found in the Urogenital Tract May Contribute to Reduced Fertility, Birth Defects (IMAGE)

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Bacterial Protein Found in the Urogenital Tract May Contribute to Reduced Fertility, Birth Defects

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The bacterial protein DnaK (green) is taken up into human cancer cells and moves to the cell’s nucleus (blue), where the DNA is located.

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PNAS 2018 Dec 18; 115(51): E12005–E12014.

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