Invasiveness is a variable and heterogeneous phenotype in Listeria monocytogenes serotype strains

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 296, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 277-286

  Chatterjee, Som S ^a   Otten, Sonja ^a   Hain, Torsten ^a   Lingnau, Andreas ^b   Carl, Uwe D ^b   Wehland, Jürgen ^b   Domann, Eugen ^a   Chakraborty, Trinad ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Internalin; Invasion; Listeria monocytogenes; Serotype

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTERNALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTYPE; SPECIES INVASION;

EID: 33745750178     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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