Three regions within ActA promote Arp2/3 complex-mediated actin nucleation and listeria monocytogenes motility

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 527-537

  Skoble, J ^a   Portnoy, D A ^a   Welch, M D ^a  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cell movement; Cytoskeleton; Microfilament proteins; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COFILIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROFILAMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0034617996     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.150.3.527     Document Type: Article

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