title: Microbial pathogenesis: lipid rafts as pathogen portals.
abstract: The route of initial entry influences how host cells respond to intracellular pathogens. Recent studies have demonstrated that a wide variety of pathogens target lipid microdomains in host cell membranes, known as lipid rafts, to enter host cells as an infectious strategy.
authors: Biotechnology Laboratory and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Vancouver, Canada.
authors: C M
authors: CM
authors: Rosenberger
authors: J H
authors: JH
authors: Brumell
authors: B B
authors: BB
authors: Finlay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology* / Q000821:virology; D014780:Viruses / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*