Internalin must be on the bacterial surface to mediate entry of Listeria monocytogenes into epithelial cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 579-592

  Lebrun, Maryse ^a   Mengaud, Jérôme ^a   Ohayon, Hélène ^a   Nato, Farida ^a   Cossart, Pascale ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOST CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERNALIZATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029811792     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02566.x     Document Type: Article

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