Truncated internalin A and asymptomatic Listeria monocytogenes carriage: In vivo investigation by allelic exchange

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 644-648

  Olier, Maïwenn ^a,b   Garmyn, Dominique ^a   Rousseaux, Sandrine ^a   Lemaître, Jean Paul ^a   Piveteau, Pascal ^a   Guzzo, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; INTERNALIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; ALLELIC EXCHANGE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CHICK EMBRYO; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INLA GENE; INTESTINE CELL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CACO-2 CELLS; CHICK EMBRYO; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 11144308776     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.1.644-648.2005     Document Type: Article

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