Article
Distribution of internalin gene profiles of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from different sources associated with phylogenetic lineages.
Foodborne pathogens and disease - 1 Jan 2007
Jia Yingmin, Nightingale Kendra K, Boor Kathryn J, Ho Alphina, Wiedmann Martin, McGann Patrick
Abstract excerpt
Listeria monocytogenes is a human foodborne pathogen with a broad range of hosts. While the L. monocytogenes genome encodes a number of internalins, which are leucine-rich repeat bacterial surface proteins with putative or confirmed roles in host cell attachment and invasion, the specific function of many internalins remains unclear. The distribution of 7 internalin genes (inlC, inlC2, inlD, inlE, inlF, inlG, and...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Food Microbiology
- Gene Amplification
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Phylogeny
- Species Specificity
