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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
Abstract excerpt
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 by the action of the bacterial cytolysin listeriolysin O. The listeriae, which are then lying obviously free in the...
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