The gene cluster inlC2DE of Listeria monocytogenes contains additional new internalin genes and is important for virulence in mice

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 260, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 144-158

  Raffelsbauer, D ^a   Bubert, A ^a   Engelbrecht, F ^a   Scheinpflug, J ^a   Simm, A ^a   Hess, J ^b   Kaufmann, S H E ^b   Goebel, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

inlC2DE locus; Internalin multigene family; Leucine rich repeat (LRR) proteins; Listeria virulence; Listerin monocytogenes inlGHE locus

Indexed keywords

DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; GLUCOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER; MOUSE; MOUTH INFECTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031767765     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050880     Document Type: Article

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