Gliding motility: an efficient mechanism for cell penetration.
An important group of animal and human pathogens, belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa, employs a novel form of motility, known as gliding, to move on solid substrates and to enter host cells. Gliding is dependent on the parasite cytoskeleton and involves a conserved family of secretory adhesins.
Sibley
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Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Hâkansson
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Carruthers
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D000818:Animals; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000502:physiology; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D004539:Eimeria / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D016783:Eucoccidiida / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology*; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology
D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C069428:thrombospondin-related adhesive protein, protozoan