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Extracellular replication of Listeria monocytogenes in the murine gall bladder.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 6 Feb 2004
Hardy Jonathan, Francis Kevin P, DeBoer Monica, Chu Pauline, Gibbs Karine, Contag Christopher H
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The bacterium Listeria monocytogenes can cause a life-threatening systemic illness in humans. Despite decades of progress in animal models of listeriosis, much remains unknown about the processes of infection and colonization. Here, we report that L. monocytogenes can replicate in the murine gall bladder and provide evidence that its replication there is extracellular and intraluminal. In vivo bioluminescence...
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