title: Actin cytoskeleton. Missing link for intracellular bacterial motility?
abstract: Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) associates with virulence factors on the surface of intracellular bacteria; by binding to profilin, VASP may help direct the actin assembly that appears to drive bacterial motility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Pollard
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000502:physiology*; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D003285:Contractile Proteins; D008087:Listeria / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D051304:Profilins; D011485:Protein Binding; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D012760:Shigella / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics; D000098662:Vasodilator-Stimulated Phosphoprotein
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D003285:Contractile Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D051304:Profilins; D000098662:Vasodilator-Stimulated Phosphoprotein