ACTIN-BASED BACTERIAL MOTILITY
ACTIN-BASED BACTERIAL MOTILITY
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DOI:
10.1016/0955-0674(95)80050-6
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发表时间:
1995-02-01
影响因子:
7.5
通讯作者:
COSSART, P
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作者:
COSSART, P
Listeria monocytogenes and other bacterial pathogens move in the host cell cytoplasm, propelled by continuous actin assembly at one pole of the bacterium. This actin-based motility requires the presence of the bacterial proteins ActA on L. monocytogenes and. IcsA on Shigella flexneri. There have been several major discoveries in the past year: the discovery of the polar distribution of ActA and IcsA on the bacterial surface; the demonstration that bacterial ActA is phosphorylated in infected host cells; the involvement of some host cell proteins, particularly profilin; and the dramatic effect of ActA expression in transfected eukaryotic cells. A cell-free system that reconstitutes faithfully the actin-based motility of L. monocytogenes promises to be instrumental in the further dissection of this fascinating phenomenon.