...Damián Lobato-Márquez; José Javier Conesa; Ana Teresa López-Jiménez; Michael E. Divine; Jonathan N. Pruneda; Serge Mostowy ABSTRACT During host cell invasion, Shigella escapes to the cytosol and polymerizes actin for cell-to-cell spread. To restrict cell-to-cell spread, host cells employ cell...

...Sina Krokowski; Sharanjeet Atwal; Damián Lobato-Márquez; Arnaud Chastanet; Rut Carballido-López; Jeanne Salje; Serge Mostowy ABSTRACT Pathogenic Shigella bacteria are a paradigm to address key issues of cell and infection biology. Polar localisation of the Shigella autotransporter protein IcsA...

...Joëlle Mounier; Valérie Laurent; Alan Hall; Philippe Fort; Marie-France Carlier; Philippe J. Sansonetti; Coumaran Egile ABSTRACT Shigella flexneri , an invasive bacterial pathogen, promotes formation of two cytoskeletal structures: the entry focus that mediates bacterial uptake into epithelial...

...E. Gouin; H. Gantelet; C. Egile; I. Lasa; H. Ohayon; V. Villiers; P. Gounon; P. J. Sansonetti; P. Cossart ABSTRACT Listeria monocytogenes, Shigella flexneri , and Rickettsia conorii are three bacterial pathogens that are able to polymerize actin into ‘comet tail’ structures and move within...