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. 1997 Mar;65(3):1095–1097. doi: 10.1128/iai.65.3.1095-1097.1997

Involvement of tubulin and inhibitory G proteins in the interaction of Listeria monocytogenes with mouse hepatocytes.

I B Buchwalow 1, M Emoto 1, M Brich 1, S H Kaufmann 1
PMCID: PMC175093  PMID: 9038321

Abstract

Intracellular and cell-to-cell spread of Listeria monocytogenes has been considered exclusively actin dependent. By immunocytochemical techniques, we provide evidence for an involvement of inhibitory G proteins and tubulin in "comet tail" formation in L. monocytogenes-infected mouse hepatocytes.

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