Probing the role of protein surface charge in the activation of PrfA, the central regulator of Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis.

Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne intracellular bacterial pathogen capable of causing serious human disease. L. monocytogenes survival within mammalian cells depends upon the synthesis of a number of secreted virulence factors whose expression is regulated by the transcriptional activator PrfA....

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Main Authors: Bobbi Xayarath, Karl W Volz, Jennifer I Smart, Nancy E Freitag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3155570?pdf=render