title: A virus joins the movement. Intracellular pathogens.
abstract: Vaccinia virus has recently been shown to induce inside its host cells the formation of actin tails very similar to those which facilitate the cell-to-cell spread of several pathogenic bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Fairchild Science Building, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5402, USA.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Strauss
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000502:physiology; D008561:Membrane Fusion; D014616:Vaccinia virus / Q000502:physiology*; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D000199:Actins