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PLoS Pathogens Issue Image | Vol. 17(1) February 2021

Bartonella effector protein C mediates actin stress fiber formation via recruitment of GEF-H1 to the plasma membrane.

Fluorescence microscopy image of HeLa cells infected with a Bartonella henselae strain deleted for all genes encoding the T4SS-translocated Bartonella effector proteins BepA-BepG in the chromosome that expresses BepC from a plasmid. Bacteria (red, visualized with an anti-B. henselae antibody) translocate BepC into the host cells, resulting in actin stress fiber formation (green, visualized by phalloidin staining). Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). Marlaire and Dehio.

Image Credit: Marlaire S and Dehio C. (2021)

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Bartonella effector protein C mediates actin stress fiber formation via recruitment of GEF-H1 to the plasma membrane.

Fluorescence microscopy image of HeLa cells infected with a Bartonella henselae strain deleted for all genes encoding the T4SS-translocated Bartonella effector proteins BepA-BepG in the chromosome that expresses BepC from a plasmid. Bacteria (red, visualized with an anti-B. henselae antibody) translocate BepC into the host cells, resulting in actin stress fiber formation (green, visualized by phalloidin staining). Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). Marlaire and Dehio.

Image Credit: Marlaire S and Dehio C. (2021)

https://doi.org/10.1371/image.ppat.v17.i01.g001