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Internalin B is essential for adhesion and mediates the invasion of Listeria monocytogenes into human endothelial cells.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Apr 1998
Parida S K, Domann E, Rohde M, Müller S, Darji A, Hain T, Wehland J, Chakraborty T
Abstract excerpt
Listeria monocytogenes causes rhombencephalitis in humans and animals and also affects the fetus in utero, causing disseminated sepsis. In both instances, the infection occurs by the crossing of endothelial cells lining a physiological barrier, the blood-brain barrier or the transplacental barrier. In this study, the ability of L. monocytogenes wild-type EGD to invade human umbilical vein endothelial cells...
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