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Muscle tissue infected with the parasitic nematode, Trichinella spiralis.
A skeletal muscle myotube infected by a Trichinella spiralis parasitic nematode is visualized in a cross-section of rat muscle tissue. The section has been probed with anti-TsUbE2L3 (red), a parasite-derived ubiquitin E2 conjugating enzyme that is secreted by the worm into the host cell during infection. This image shows TsUbE2L3 localizing to the stacks of stichocyte cells within the worm's secretory organ. Nuclei have been counterstained with DAPI (blue). White et al.
Image Credit: Rhiannon R. White, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, UK
Citation: (2016) PLoS Pathogens Issue Image | Vol. 12(11) November 2016. PLoS Pathog 12(11): ev12.i11. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.ppat.v12.i11
Published: November 30, 2016
Copyright: © 2016 White. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
A skeletal muscle myotube infected by a Trichinella spiralis parasitic nematode is visualized in a cross-section of rat muscle tissue. The section has been probed with anti-TsUbE2L3 (red), a parasite-derived ubiquitin E2 conjugating enzyme that is secreted by the worm into the host cell during infection. This image shows TsUbE2L3 localizing to the stacks of stichocyte cells within the worm's secretory organ. Nuclei have been counterstained with DAPI (blue). White et al.
Image Credit: Rhiannon R. White, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, UK