ERM proteins are also described to participate in infection by diverse intracellular bacterial pathogens such Helicobacter pylori, Neisseria meningitidis, Shigella flexneri, enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (Skoudy et al., 1999; Goosney et al., 2001; Eugène et al., 2002; Selbach et al., 2004). The gene discussed is ETV5; the disease is infection.