title: Vaccinia virus egress: actin OUT with clathrin.
abstract: To ensure spread from one cell to another, exocytosed vaccinia virions recruit cellular actin polymerization machinery to blast off from the cell surface on actin tails. Humphries et al. (2012) now show that the virus exploits clathrin to organize viral factors into a launch pad that facilitates efficient actin tail formation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zürich, Schafmattstrasse 18, Zürich 8093, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Florian I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mercer