Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram positive bacterial pathogen frequently used as a major model for the study of intracellular parasitism. Imaging late L. monocytogenes infection stages within the context of small-interfering RNA screens allows for the global study of cellular pathways required for bacterial infection of target host cells.
Kühbacher, A., Gouin, E., Mercer, J., Emmenlauer, M., Dehio, C., Cossart, P., Pizarro-Cerdá, J. Imaging InlC Secretion to Investigate Cellular Infection by the Bacterial Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. J. Vis. Exp. (79), e51043, doi:10.3791/51043 (2013).