World Poultry.net  July 9, 2007 A research team including University of Central Florida Microbiology Professor Keith Ireton is experimenting with the bacterial pathogen Listeria Monocytogenes to better understand the mechanisms of cell growth and cancer development. In research published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the team found that a Listeria protein called InlB induces internalisation and degradation of a human receptor known as Met, which has been implicated in the development of some cancers. Lisa A. Elferink at the University of Texas Medical Branch, who led the team, together with Ireton, found that the ability of InlB to induce Met internalisation and degradation requires a human protein called Cbl.