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When Listeria monocytogenes invades a eucaryotic cell, it secretes the ActA protein that:
A) polymerizes actin filaments, causing the bacterium to move through the cytoplasm.
B) depolymerizes microfilaments, allowing the bacterium to move more easily in the cytoplasm.
C) degrades the cytoskeleton, allowing the bacterium to travel through the plasma membrane to adjacent cells.
D) attaches to microtubules, allowing the bacterium to move along the fibers

Electron Microscopist Interview Question
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A) polymerizes actin filaments, causing the bacterium to move through the cytoplasm.

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The cytoplasmic matrix is best described as:
A) A dilute aqueous solution that fills most of the cell.
B) A solution of inorganic salts intended to balance osmotic pressure in the cell.
C) A semicrystalline mixture mostly of proteins and bound water molecules.
D) Material in transit between membrane bound organelles
Which of the following is NOT a mechanism for a cell to degrade its own cytosolic proteins?
A) Autophagic vacuoles
B) Phagocytosis and secondary lysosome fusion.
C) 26S Proteosome degradation.
D) All the above are correct mechanisms