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Actin filaments and the growth, movement, and spread of the intracellular bacterial parasite, Listeria monocytogenes.

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L. monocytogenes-induced actin assembly requires the actA gene product, a surface protein

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Vinculin, an intracellular protein localized at specialized sites where microfilament bundles terminate at cell membranes.

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