A nonvirulent mutant of Listeria monocytogenes does not move intracellularly but still induces polymerization of actin.

doi:10.1128/iai.58.11.3477-3486.1990

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A nonvirulent mutant of Listeria monocytogenes does not move intracellularly but still induces polymerization of actin.

Infection and immunity - 1 Nov 1990

Kuhn M, Prévost M C, Mounier J, Sansonetti P J

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Listeria monocytogenes has the capacity to penetrate and multiply within professional and nonprofessional phagocytic cells, such as the Caco-2 human enterocytelike cell line. It was shown recently that shortly after listeriae have been phagocytosed, the phagosomal membrane is dissolved, probably...

Topics

Actins
Animals
Bacterial Proteins
Bacterial Toxins
Cell Movement
DNA Transposable Elements
Heat-Shock Proteins
Hemolysin Proteins
Humans
Listeria monocytogenes
Mice
Mutation
Shigella flexneri
Tumor Cells, Cultured
Virulence

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