Listeria monocytogenes switches from dissemination to persistence by adopting a vacuolar lifestyle in epithelial cells.
Listeria monocytogenes causes listeriosis, a foodborne disease that poses serious risks to fetuses, newborns and immunocompromised adults. This intracellular bacterial pathogen proliferates in the host cytosol and exploits the host actin polymerization machinery to spread from cell-to-cell and disse...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5708623?pdf=render |