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Review
. 2001 Jun;3(7):571-84.
doi: 10.1016/s1286-4579(01)01413-7.

Pathogenicity islands and virulence evolution in Listeria

J A Vázquez-Boland  1 , G Domínguez-Bernal, B González-Zorn, J Kreft, W Goebel
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Pathogenicity islands and virulence evolution in Listeria

J A Vázquez-Boland et al. Microbes Infect. 2001 Jun.
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Abstract

As in other bacterial pathogens, the virulence determinants of Listeria species are clustered in genomic islands scattered along the chromosome. This review summarizes current knowledge about the structure, distribution and role in pathogenesis of Listeria virulence loci. Hypotheses about the mode of acquisition and evolution of these loci in this group of Gram-positive bacteria are presented and discussed.

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