. "The transfer of the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes from 30 to 5 degrees C was characterized by the sharp induction of a low molecular mass protein. This major cold shock protein has an isoelectric point at pH 5.1 and a molecular mass of about 18 kDa, as observed on two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) pattern. Its N-terminal sequence, obtained from the 2-DE spot, shared a complete sequence identity with a Listeria innocua non-heme iron-binding ferritin. The purification of these ferritin-like proteins (Flp) revealed a native molecular mass of about 100-110 kDa which indicates a polypeptide composed of six 18 kDa-subunits. Northern analysis indicated the presence of a 0.8-kb monocistronic mRNA in exponential growing cells and an important increase inflp mRNA amount after a downshift but also an upshift in temperature." . . . "FEMS Microbiol. Lett." . "Guzzo J." . "Hebraud M." . "2000"^^ . "29-34" . "The main cold shock protein of Listeria monocytogenes belongs to the family of ferritin-like proteins." . "190" .