Identification and characterization of a novel PrfA-regulated gene in Listeria monocytogenes whose product, IrpA, is highly homologous to internalin proteins, which contain leucine-rich repeats

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-109

  Domann, Eugen ^a,d   Zechel, Silke ^a   Lingnau, Andreas ^b   Hain, Torsten ^a   Darji, Ayub ^b   Nichterlein, Thomas ^c   Wehland, Jürgen ^b   Chakraborty, Trinad ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ISOLATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031016008     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.1.101-109.1997     Document Type: Article

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