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Fibronectin-binding protein, FbpA, is the adhesin responsible for pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes infection.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Apr 2013
Osanai Arihiro, Li Sheng-Jun, Asano Krisana, Sashinami Hiroshi, Hu Dong-Liang, Nakane Akio
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The role of fibronectin binding protein A (FbpA) in Listeria monocytogenes infection and its pathogenesis were studied in vivo and in vitro by constructing a fbpA-deficient mutant of L. monocytogenes (ΔfbpA). In vivo, ΔfbpA was less pathogenic in mutant mice than was wild-type L. monocytogenes. F...
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