The gram-positive bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis, a
highly fatal opportunistic foodborne infection. Pregnant women, neonates, the elderly, and …

Bacterial pathogens employ a number of genetic strategies to cause infection and,
occasionally, disease in their hosts. Many of these virulence factors and their regulatory …

Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen with a high mortality rate that has also
emerged as a paradigm for intracellular parasitism. We present and compare the genome …

In this review, we focus on a group of mobile genetic elements designated pathogenicity
islands (PAI). These elements play a pivotal role in the virulence of bacterial pathogens of …

Completely revised, this third edition of a bestseller incorporates findings to present readers
with a complete overview of foodborne listeriosis, including information on listeriosis in …

Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive bacterium that is often used to study the
mammalian immune response to infection because it is easy to culture, is relatively safe to …

Following the initial isolation and description in 1926 Listeria monocytogenes has been
shown to be of worldwide prevalence and is associated with serious disease in a wide …

▪ Abstract Ena/VASP proteins are a conserved family of actin regulatory proteins made up of
EVH1, EVH2 domains, and a proline-rich central region. They have been implicated in actin …

The opportunistic intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes has become a paradigm
for the study of host–pathogen interactions and bacterial adaptation to mammalian hosts …

Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterial pathogen that promotes its internalization into host
epithelial cells. Interaction between the bacterial surface molecules InlA and InlB and their …