A mariner transposon-based signature-tagged mutagenesis system for the analysis of oral infection by Listeria monocytogenes.

Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive foodborne pathogen and the causative agent of listerosis a disease that manifests predominately as meningitis in the non-pregnant individual or infection of the fetus and spontaneous abortion in pregnant women. Common-source outbreaks of foodborne listeriosi...

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Main Authors: Joanne Cummins, Pat G Casey, Susan A Joyce, Cormac G M Gahan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3771922?pdf=render