Article
Interaction of Listeria species with human cell monolayers.
Clinical and investigative medicine. Medecine clinique et experimentale - 1 Feb 1994
Schlech W F, Luo Q, Faulkner G, Galsworthy S
Abstract excerpt
In foodborne listeriosis, the first step of infection must be attachment to, and invasion of, the gastrointestinal epithelium by virulent Listeria monocytogenes. Virulence factors affecting this invasion are only now being determined. We examined the interaction of L. monocytogenes, serotypes 4b and 1/2a strains with "smooth" and "rough" characteristics. In addition, flagellated and non-flagellated isogenic...
Topics
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Cell Line
- Flagella
- Flagellin
- HeLa Cells
- Hemolysin Proteins
- Humans
- Intestines
- Listeria
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Phenotype
- Temperature