Innate immune recognition and inflammasome activation in Listeria monocytogenes infection
Listeria monocytogenes is an intracellular, Gram-positive bacterium that can cause life-threatening illness especially in immunocompromised individuals and newborns. The pathogen propagates within the cytosol of various host cells after escaping from the phagosomal compartment depending on the cytol...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2010.00149/full |