Rocket-based motility: a universal mechanism?

Authors
Machesky, LM
Citation
Lm. Machesky, Rocket-based motility: a universal mechanism?, NAT CELL BI, 1(2), 1999, pp. E29-E31
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Cell & Developmental Biology
Journal title
NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
14657392 → ACNP
Volume
1
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
E29 - E31
Database
ISI
SICI code
1465-7392(199906)1:2<E29:RMAUM>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Similarities between actin polymerization at the leading edges of motile ma mmalian cells and the motile actin tail of the bacterium Listeria monocytog enes are centred on the Arp2/3 complex. Eukaryotic cells use multiple pathw ays to modulate actin polymerization, while Listeria short-circuits these p athways to produce constitutive actin polymerization.