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Naturally occurring InlB variants that support intragastric Listeria monocytogenes infection in mice.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Feb 2017
Sobyanin Konstantin, Sysolyatina Elena, Krivozubov Mikhail, Chalenko Yaroslava, Karyagina Anna, Ermolaeva Svetlana
Abstract excerpt
Listeria monocytogenes is a causative agent of foodborne infection in humans and animals. The virulence factor InlB interacts with mammalian receptor c-Met via its internalin domain to provide L. monocytogenes invasion in non-professional phagocytes. Naturally occurring InlB internalin domain variants form four subclusters on the maximal likelihood tree. Four variants belonging to distinct subclusters were cloned...
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