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The use of listeriolysin to identify in vivo induced genes in the gram-positive intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Apr 2000
Gahan C G, Hill C
Abstract excerpt
Listeria monocytogenes is capable of growth within the cytoplasm of infected host cells. Escape from the host cell phagosome is mediated primarily through secretion of listeriolysin, a haemolytic factor which functions to actively lyse the phagosomal membrane. Listeriolysin negative mutants of L. monocytogenes are non-haemolytic on blood agar plates and demonstrate a significant reduction of virulence in the...
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