A novel PrfA-regulated chromosomal locus, which is specific for Listeria ivanovii, encodes two small, secreted internalins and contributes to virulence in mice

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 405-417

  Engelbrecht, Fredi ^a   Dominguez Bernal, Gustavo ^b   Hess, Jürgen ^c,d   Dickneite, Carmen ^a   Greiffenberg, Lars ^a   Lampidis, Robert ^a   Raffelsbauer, Diana ^a   Daniels, Justin J D ^a   Kreft, Jürgen ^a   Kaufmann, Stefan H E ^c,d   Vázquez Boland, José Antonio ^b   Goebel, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; INTERNALIN A; PALINDROMIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 15444350738     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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