Listeriolysin S Is a Streptolysin S-Like Virulence Factor That Targets Exclusively Prokaryotic Cells In Vivo

Streptolysin S (SLS)-like virulence factors from clinically relevant Gram-positive pathogens have been proposed to behave as potent cytotoxins, playing key roles in tissue infection. Listeriolysin S (LLS) is an SLS-like hemolysin/bacteriocin present among Listeria monocytogenes strains responsible f...

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Main Authors: Juan J. Quereda, Marie A. Nahori, Jazmín Meza-Torres, Martin Sachse, Patricia Titos-Jimíénez, Jaime Gomez-Laguna, Olivier Dussurget, Pascale Cossart, Javier Pizarro-Cerdíéá, Julian E. Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-04-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/2/e00259-17