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

InlA 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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Main Authors: Elsa N Bou Ghanem, Grant S Jones, Tanya Myers-Morales, Pooja D Patil, Achmad N Hidayatullah, Sarah E F D'Orazio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3499570?pdf=render

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