OrfX, a Nucleomodulin Required for Listeria monocytogenes Virulence

Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterial pathogen causing severe foodborne infections in humans and animals. Listeria can enter into host cells and survive and multiply therein, due to an arsenal of virulence determinants encoded in different loci on the chromosome. Several key Listeria virulence genes...

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Main Authors: Andrzej Prokop, Edith Gouin, Véronique Villiers, Marie-Anne Nahori, Renaud Vincentelli, Méélodie Duval, Pascale Cossart, Olivier Dussurget, Joanne Engel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-10-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/5/e01550-17