title: A greasy foothold for Helicobacter pylori.
abstract: In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Murata-Kamiya and colleagues (Murata-Kamiya et al., 2010) report that the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori uses the plasma membrane component phosphatidylserine to facilitate translocation of the CagA virulence factor into host cells to establish a successful infection.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
authors.forename: Anica M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wandler
authors.forename: Raghuveer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parthasarathy
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Guillemin