title: Internalins: a complex family of leucine-rich repeat-containing proteins in Listeria monocytogenes.
abstract: The Listeria monocytogenes genome includes a large family of proteins harbouring leucine-rich repeats known as internalins (Inl). The generation of novel mutants and comparative analysis of Inl variability among Listeria and other bacterial genomes suggest that beyond the extensively-studied invasins, InlA and InlB, additional internalins also play important functions in the infectious process.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, INSERM U604, INRA USC2020, Institut Pasteur, F-75015 Paris, France. hbierne@pasteur.fr
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bierne
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sabet
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Personnic
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cossart
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D000090263:Leucine-Rich Repeat Proteins; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D000090263:Leucine-Rich Repeat Proteins; D011506:Proteins; C069761:internalin protein, Bacteria