Common entry mechanisms. Bacterial pathogenesis.
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.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
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D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000472:pathogenicity*
D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial