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Cdc42 and the actin-related protein/neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein network mediate cellular invasion by Cryptosporidium parvum.
Infection and immunity - 1 May 2004
Chen Xian-Ming, Huang Bing Q, Splinter Patrick L, Orth James D, Billadeau Daniel D, McNiven Mark A, LaRusso Nicholas F
Abstract excerpt
Cryptosporidium parvum invasion of epithelial cells involves host cell membrane alterations which require a remodeling of the host cell actin cytoskeleton. In addition, an actin plaque, possibly associated with the dense-band region, forms within the host cytoplasm at the host-parasite interface. Here we show that Cdc42 and RhoA, but not Rac1, members of the Rho family of GTPases, are recruited to the...
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