Listeria monocytogenes: towards a complete picture of its physiology and pathogenesis

L Radoshevich, P Cossart - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen responsible for a disease called
listeriosis, which is potentially lethal in immunocompromised individuals. This bacterium, first …

Single-cell RNA-seq: advances and future challenges

AE Saliba, AJ Westermann, SA Gorski… - Nucleic acids …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Phenotypically identical cells can dramatically vary with respect to behavior during their
lifespan and this variation is reflected in their molecular composition such as the …

cis-Antisense RNA, Another Level of Gene Regulation in Bacteria

J Georg, WR Hess - Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY A substantial amount of antisense transcription is a hallmark of gene expression
in eukaryotes. However, antisense transcription was first demonstrated in bacteria almost 50 …

Illuminating the landscape of host–pathogen interactions with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes

P Cossart - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Listeria monocytogenes has, in 25 y, become a model in infection biology. Through the
analysis of both its saprophytic life and infectious process, new concepts in microbiology …

The role of CRISPR-Cas systems in virulence of pathogenic bacteria

R Louwen, RHJ Staals, HP Endtz… - Microbiology and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-
associated (Cas) genes are present in many bacterial and archaeal genomes. Since the …

Term-seq reveals abundant ribo-regulation of antibiotics resistance in bacteria

D Dar, M Shamir, JR Mellin, M Koutero… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Riboswitches and attenuators are cis-regulatory RNA elements (ribo-
regulators), which in most cases control bacterial gene expression via ligand-mediated …

Comparative transcriptomics of pathogenic and non‐pathogenic Listeria species

O Wurtzel, N Sesto, JR Mellin, I Karunker… - Molecular systems …, 2012 - embopress.org
Listeria monocytogenes is a human, food‐borne pathogen. Genomic comparisons between
L. monocytogenes and Listeria innocua, a closely related non‐pathogenic species, were …

The arsenal of virulence factors deployed by Listeria monocytogenes to promote its cell infection cycle

A Camejo, F Carvalho, O Reis, E Leitão, S Sousa… - Virulence, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Listeria monocytogenes is an intracellular Gram-positive pathogen and the etiological agent
of listeriosis, a human food-borne disease potentially fatal for certain risk groups. The …

Comparison of widely used Listeria monocytogenes strains EGD, 10403S, and EGD-e highlights genomic differences underlying variations in pathogenicity

C Bécavin, C Bouchier, P Lechat, C Archambaud… - MBio, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
For nearly 3 decades, listeriologists and immunologists have used mainly three strains of the
same serovar (1/2a) to analyze the virulence of the bacterial pathogen Listeria …

Reassessment of the Listeria monocytogenespan-genome reveals dynamic integration hotspots and mobile genetic elements as major components of the accessory …

C Kuenne, A Billion, MA Mraheil, A Strittmatter… - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background Listeria monocytogenes is an important food-borne pathogen and model
organism for host-pathogen interaction, thus representing an invaluable target considering …