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Chitinase Expression in Listeria monocytogenes Is Positively Regulated by the Agr System

The food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes encodes two chitinases, ChiA and ChiB, which allow the bacterium to hydrolyze chitin, the second most abundant polysaccharide in nature. Intriguingly, despite the absence of chitin in human and mammalian hosts, both of the chitinases have been deemed im...

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Autores principales: Paspaliari, Dafni Katerina, Mollerup, Maria Storm, Kallipolitis, Birgitte H., Ingmer, Hanne, Larsen, Marianne Halberg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3994053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24752234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095385