An experimental and computational study of the effect of ActA polarity on the speed of Listeria monocytogenes actin-based motility

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Rafelski, Susanne M ^a,b   Alberts, Jonathan B ^a   Odell, Garrett M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; MACHINERY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS; SPEED;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AGENT-BASED MODEL; BACTERIAL MOTILITY; BACTERIAL SURFACE PROTEIN; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONTINUUM MODEL; DENDRITICS; INFECTED CELLS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM;

CELLS;

ACTA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTA PROTEIN, LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; ACTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; COMPUTER MODEL; FORCE; KINETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL POLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

ACTINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 68249161049     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000434     Document Type: Article

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