Identification of a peptide-pheromone that enhances Listeria monocytogenes escape from host cell vacuoles.
Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen that invades mammalian cells and escapes from membrane-bound vacuoles to replicate within the host cell cytosol. Gene products required for intracellular bacterial growth and bacterial spread to adjacent cells are...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-03-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4379056?pdf=render |