A virus joins the movement. Intracellular pathogens.
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.
Strauss
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Fairchild Science Building, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5402, USA.
D000199:Actins / Q000502:physiology; D008561:Membrane Fusion; D014616:Vaccinia virus / Q000502:physiology*; D014779:Virus Replication
D000199:Actins