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Structural details of human tuba recruitment by InlC of Listeria monocytogenes elucidate bacterial cell-cell spreading.
Structure (London, England : 1993) - 4 Feb 2014
Polle Lilia, Rigano Luciano A, Julian Rowan, Ireton Keith, Schubert Wolf-Dieter
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The human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is able to directly spread to neighboring cells of host tissues, a process recently linked to the virulence factor InlC. InlC targets the sixth SH3 domain (SH3-6) of human Tuba, disrupting its physiological interaction with the cytoskeletal protein N-WASP. The resulting loss of cortical actin tension may slacken the junctional membrane, allowing protrusion formation by...
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