Gelsolin, a protein that caps the barbed ends and severs actin filaments, enhances the actin-based motility of Listeria monocytogenes in host cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3775-3782

  Laine, Roney O ^a   Phaneuf, Katherine L ^a   Cunningham, Casey C ^b   Kwiatkowski, David ^b   Azuma, Toshi ^b   Southwick, Frederick S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GELSOLIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOCOMOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0031848173     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.8.3775-3782.1998     Document Type: Article

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