Phospholipases C and the pathogenesis of Listeria.

Article

Phospholipases C and the pathogenesis of Listeria.

Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Feb 1994

Portnoy D A, Smith G A, Goldfine H

Abstract excerpt

Listeria monocytogenes is a model intracellular pathogen which escapes from a host cell vacuole, grows intracytoplasmically, and spreads cell to cell without an extracellular phase. A number of genes necessary for pathogenicity have been discovered, two of which encode phospholipases C, a PI-PLC...

Topics

Listeria monocytogenes
Mutation
Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase
Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C
Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases
Type C Phospholipases
Virulence

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