The amino-terminal part of ActA is critical for the actin-based motility of Listeria monocytogenes; the central proline-rich region acts as a stimulator

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 425-436

  Lasa, Iñigo ^a   David, Violaine ^a   Gouin, Edith ^a   Marchand, Jean Baptiste ^b   Cossart, Pascale ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0029609261     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.mmi_18030425.x     Document Type: Article

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