Secrets of actin-based motility revealed by a bacterial pathogen

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 110-119

  Cameron, Lisa A ^a   Giardini, Paula A ^a   Soo, Frederick S ^a   Theriot, Julie A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACTIN;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MOTION; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0034330359     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35040061     Document Type: Review

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