title: Common entry mechanisms. Bacterial pathogenesis.
abstract: The recent identification of E-cadherin as the cell-surface receptor for the Listeria monocytogenes adhesin, internalin, indicates that pathogenic bacteria exploit a variety of host surface molecules for entry and that they may share some common strategies for uptake into host cells.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Isberg
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial