An experimental and computational study of the effect of ActA polarity on the speed of Listeria monocytogenes actin-based motility.
Listeria monocytogenes is a pathogenic bacterium that moves within infected cells and spreads directly between cells by harnessing the cell's dendritic actin machinery. This motility is dependent on expression of a single bacterial surface protein, ActA, a constitutively active Arp2,3 activator...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-07-01
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Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2699634?pdf=render |