The inlA gene of Listeria monocytogenes LO28 harbors a nonsense mutation resulting in release of internalin.

doi:10.1128/IAI.66.7.3420-3422.1998

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The inlA gene of Listeria monocytogenes LO28 harbors a nonsense mutation resulting in release of internalin.

Infection and immunity - 1 Jul 1998

Jonquières R, Bierne H, Mengaud J, Cossart P

Abstract excerpt

Internalin is a surface protein that mediates entry of Listeria monocytogenes EGD into epithelial cells expressing the cell adhesion molecule human E-cadherin or its chicken homolog, L-CAM, which act as receptors for internalin. After observing that entry of L. monocytogenes LO28 into S180 fibrob...

Topics

Animals
Bacterial Proteins
Cell Line
Genes, Bacterial
Listeria monocytogenes
Mice
Mutation
Virulence

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