Molecular determinants of Listeria monocytogenes virulence

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2004, Pages 587-610

  Dussurget, Olivier ^a   Pizarro Cerda, Javier ^a   Cossart, Pascale ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Genomes; Infectious cycle; Pathophysiology; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ACTA PROTEIN; ACTIN; AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BILE SALT; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GROWTH FACTOR; HYDROLASE; LISTERIOLYSIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN P60; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL INVASION; CELL MOTILITY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTESTINE CELL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MENINGITIS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DETERMINANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; REGULON; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 7944222097     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.57.030502.090934     Document Type: Review

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