Bacterial adhesion to animal cells and tissues /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ofek, Itzhak
Other Authors:	Hasty, David L., Doyle, Ronald J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [2003]
Subjects:	Bacteria > Adhesion. Cell adhesion molecules. Bacterial Adhesion. Adhesins, Bacterial.

Table of Contents:

Basic concepts in bacterial adhesion
Methodological approaches to analysis of adhesins and adhesion
Target tissues for bacterial adhesion
Adhesins as bacterial cell surface structures: general concepts of structure, biogenesis, and regulation
Emerging concepts in bacterial adhesion and its consequences
Diversification of receptor specificities and its biological consequences
Entry of bacteria into nonphagocytic cells
Postadhesion events induced in nonphagocytic cells
Adhesion-dependent upregulation of bacterial genes
Role of adhesion in biofilm formation
Antiadhesion therapy
Adhesins, receptors and target substrata involved in the adhesion of pathogenic bacteria to host cells and tissues.