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Sigma B Contributes to<i>Listeria monocytogenes</i>Gastrointestinal Infection but Not to Systemic Spread in the Guinea Pig Infection Model
21 Jan 2006
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Contributions of the alternative sigma factor sigmaB to Listeria monocytogenes infection were investigated using strains bearing null mutations in sigB, prfA, or inlA or in selected inlA or prfA promoter regions. The DeltaP4inlA strain, which has a deletion in the sigmaB-dependent P4inlA promoter, and the DeltasigB strain had significantly reduced invasion efficiencies relative to that of the wild-type strain in...
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