Detection of premature stop codons leading to truncated internalin A among food and clinical strains of Listeria monocytogenes

Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen responsible for outbreaks and sporadic cases of listeriosis, a severe invasive disease. Internalin A (InlA) a protein encoded by inlA has a key role in the mechanism of pathogenesis in L. monocytogenes infection, specifically in the invasion of human i...

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Main Author: Silva, Margarida Ferreira da (author)
Other Authors: Ferreira, Vânia (author), Magalhães, Rui (author), Almeida, Gonçalo (author), Alves, Artur (author), Teixeira, Paula (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/23689
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/23689