The posttranslocation chaperone PrsA2 contributes to multiple facets of Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2612-2623

  Alonzo III, Francis ^a   Port, Gary C ^b,c,e   Cao, Min ^d   Freitag, Nancy E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; LISTERIOLYSIN O; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROTEIN PRSA1; PROTEIN PRSA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PHOSPHOLIPASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 67650066622     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00280-09     Document Type: Article

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