RickA expression is not sufficient to promote actin-based motility of Rickettsia raoultii.

BACKGROUND: Rickettsia raoultii is a novel Rickettsia species recently isolated from Dermacentor ticks and classified within the spotted fever group (SFG). The inability of R. raoultii to spread within L929 cells suggests that this bacterium is unable to polymerize host cell actin, a property exhibi...

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Main Authors: Premanand Balraj, Khalid El Karkouri, Guy Vestris, Leon Espinosa, Didier Raoult, Patricia Renesto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2440523?pdf=render