Stress fiber-based movement of Shigella flexneri within cells.

doi:10.1128/iai.59.5.1723-1732.1991

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Stress fiber-based movement of Shigella flexneri within cells.

Infection and immunity - 1 May 1991

Vasselon T, Mounier J, Prevost M C, Hellio R, Sansonetti P J

Abstract excerpt

icsA (virG), a gene located on pWR100, the virulence plasmid of Shigella flexneri serotype 5 (M90T), encodes a 120-kDa outer membrane protein. This protein promotes a random intracellular movement of the bacteria and leads to the infection of adjacent cells by the formation of protrusions. This m...

Topics

Actins
Animals
Bacterial Adhesion
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
Chick Embryo
Fibroblasts
Microtubules
Models, Biological
Movement
Phenotype
Shigella flexneri

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