Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) represent sophisticated nanomachines that bacteria utilise to deliver effector proteins directly into eukaryotic host cells. These multi‐protein assemblies, often ...

UMass Amherst biochemists are mapping the molecular structure of a needle-like tool used by bacteria to invade human and mammalian cells to cause such diseases as plague and dysentery. Of particular ...

Swallow the wrong microbe, and you might end up in the hospital with a needle or two in your arm — and plenty of itty-bitty bacterial needles poking at you from the inside. That’s because many ...