Open AccessIntracellular Bacteria Find the Right Motion
Author(s) -
Edith Gouin,
Juan J. Quereda,
Pascale Cossart
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2015.03.035
Subject(s) - biology , burkholderia pseudomallei , actin , microbiology and biotechnology , burkholderia , actin binding protein , bacteria , actin cytoskeleton , cytoskeleton , cell , biochemistry , genetics
Benanti et al. report that Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei bacteria express proteins that mimic Ena/Vasp family proteins to polymerize actin, thereby inducing actin-based motility. Thus, bacteria can use the various cellular actin polymerization mechanisms for intra- and inter-cellular dissemination.
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