Article
Bacillus subtilis expressing a haemolysin gene from Listeria monocytogenes can grow in mammalian cells.
Nature - 10 May 1990
Bielecki J, Youngman P, Connelly P, Portnoy D A
Abstract excerpt
Intracellular parasites can be classified into those that reside within a host vacuole and those which grow directly in the host cytoplasm. Members of the latter group, which includes Rickettsia, Shigellae, Trypanosoma cruzi, and Listeria monocytogenes, possess haemolytic activity associated with the ability to enter the host cytoplasm. Therefore mutants of L. monocytogenes lacking a pore-forming haemolysin,...
Topics
- Bacillus subtilis
- Bacterial Toxins
- Cell Line
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cytoplasm
- Genes, Bacterial
- Heat-Shock Proteins
- Hemolysin Proteins
- Hemolysis
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Macrophages
