Role of proteins of the Ena/VASP family in actin-based motility of Listeria monocytogenes

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1245-1258

  Laurent, Valérie ^a   Loisel, Thomas P ^a   Harbeck, Birgit ^c   Wehman, Ann ^b   Gröbe, Lothar ^d   Jockusch, Brigitte M ^c   Wehland, Jürgen ^d   Gertler, Frank B ^b   Carlier, Marie France ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin polymerization; Ena VASP Mena; Listeria monocytogenes; Motility; Platelet

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; SERINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MOTILITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THROMBOCYTE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLOOD PLATELETS; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROFILINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENA; EUKARYOTA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MENA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033594081     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.144.6.1245     Document Type: Article

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