The actin cytoskeleton and bacterial infection

• Other Authors: Mannherz, Hans Georg, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
• Series: Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; v. 399.
• Subjects: Actin.; Cytoskeleton.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319500478; 9783319500461
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 242 pages) : illustrations

This volume describes the mechanisms which bacteria have created to secure their survival, proliferation and dissemination by subverting the actin cytoskeleton of host cells. Bacteria have developed a veritable arsenal of toxins, effector proteins and virulence factors that allow them to modify the...