The pore-forming toxin listeriolysin O mediates a novel entry pathway of L. monocytogenes into human hepatocytes.

Intracellular pathogens have evolved diverse strategies to invade and survive within host cells. Among the most studied facultative intracellular pathogens, Listeria monocytogenes is known to express two invasins-InlA and InlB-that induce bacterial internalization into nonphagocytic cells. The pore-...

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Main Authors: Stephen Vadia, Eusondia Arnett, Anne-Cécile Haghighat, Elisabeth M Wilson-Kubalek, Rodney K Tweten, Stephanie Seveau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-11-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3207921?pdf=render