InIA promotes dissemination of Listeria monocytogenes to the mesenteric lymph nodes during food borne infection of mice

Intestinal Listeria monocytogenes infection is not efficient in mice and this has been attributed to a low affinity interaction between the bacterial surface protein InlA and E-cadherin on murine intestinal epithelial cells. Previous studies using either transgenic mice expressing human E-cadherin o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS pathogens 2012-11, Vol.8 (11)
Hauptverfasser:	Ghanem, Elsa N. Bou, Jones, Grant S, Myers-Morales, Tanya, Patil, Pooja D, Hidayatullah, Achmad N, D'Orazio, Sarah E.F
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Food contamination Health aspects Host-parasite relationships Listeria monocytogenes Lymph nodes Physiological aspects Virulence (Microbiology)
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