The <named-content content-type="genus-species">Listeria monocytogenes</named-content> ChiA Chitinase Enhances Virulence through Suppression of Host Innate Immunity

ABSTRACT Environmental pathogens survive and replicate within the outside environment while maintaining the capacity to infect mammalian hosts. For some microorganisms, mammalian infection may be a relatively rare event. Understanding how environmental pathogens retain their ability to cause disease...

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Main Authors: Swarnava Chaudhuri, Benjamin N. Gantner, Richard D. Ye, Nicholas P. Cianciotto, Nancy E. Freitag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013-05-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00617-12