Article
Intracytoplasmic growth and virulence of Listeria monocytogenes auxotrophic mutants.
Infection and immunity - 1 Sept 1993
Marquis H, Bouwer H G, Hinrichs D J, Portnoy D A
Abstract excerpt
The intracellular growth of several auxotrophic mutants of Listeria monocytogenes was examined in cell culture, and virulence was evaluated in mice by intravenous injection of log-phase bacteria. L. monocytogenes transposon insertion mutants requiring either uracil, phenylalanine, glycine, prolin...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Line
- Cytoplasm
- Epithelium
- Humans
- Lethal Dose 50
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Macrophages
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mutation
- Threonine
- Virulence
