Mutants of Listeria monocytogenes defective in in vitro invasion and cell-to-cell spreading still invade and proliferate in hepatocytes of neutropenic mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 912-914

  Appelberg, Rui ^a   Leal, Irene S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL INVASION; HISTOLOGY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; NEUTROPENIA; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

EID: 0033967266     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.2.912-914.2000     Document Type: Article

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