Inhibition of ROCK activity allows InlF-mediated invasion and increased virulence of Listeria monocytogenes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 749-767

  Kirchner, Marieluise ^a   Higgins, Darren E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN INLF; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL INVASION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FIBROBLAST; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INLF GENE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYOSIN TYPE II; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PYRIDINES; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 41749105070     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06188.x     Document Type: Article

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