Article
Synthesis of species-specific stress proteins by virulent strains of Listeria monocytogenes.
Infection and immunity - 1 Nov 1990
Sokolovic Z, Fuchs A, Goebel W
Abstract excerpt
Listeriolysin is a virulence factor that appears to be necessary for the intracellular survival of Listeria monocytogenes. As shown in this investigation, listeriolysin is produced in only small amounts by clinical isolates of L. monocytogenes belonging to the serogroup 1/2a, but its synthesis can be induced by heat shock and to a lesser extent by oxidative stress. In addition to about 15 heat shock proteins that...
Topics
- Bacterial Toxins
- Heat-Shock Proteins
- Hemolysin Proteins
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Mutation
- RNA, Messenger
- Species Specificity
- Virulence
