Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393615098
Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Assembly of actin-polymerizing proteins at only one pole in organisms like Shigella and Listeria.

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Actin based motility is present in various organisms including Listeria, Shigella, and viruses like Vaccinia. These organisms share a common thing in their life cycle which is, their life cycle has a stage within mammalian host cytoplasm. They activate parts of the actin assembly machinery of the cell. This leads to the formation of actin tails on the surface of the microbe.

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