Reconfiguration of a bacterial transport system generates a reverse gear

Reconfiguration of a bacterial transport system generates a reverse gear

Reconfiguration of a bacterial transport system generates a reverse gear, Published online: 29 April 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01320-5

Some bacteria use multiprotein complexes to inject proteins into host cells. Components of these complexes have been linked to a nanotube-mediated route from host cells to bacteria that might provide food for disease-causing microbes.