Bacterial adhesion to host tissues : mechanisms and consequences /
| Uniform Title: | Bacterial adhesion to host tissues (Print) |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Series: | Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ;
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. Bacterial adhesions and adhesive structures
- Surface protein and adhesions of staphylococci
- Mechanisms of utilization of host signalling molecules by respiratory mucosal pathogens
- Adhesive surface structures of oral streptococci
- Regulation and function of phase variation in Escherichia coli
- Regulation of capsule expression
- Role of pili in Haemophilus influenzae adherence, colonization and disease
- Pt. II. Effect of adhesion on bacterial structure and function
- Transcriptional regulation of meningococcal gene expression upon adhesion to target cells
- Induction of protein secretion by Yersinia enterocolitica through contact with eukaryotic cells
- Functional modulation of pathogenic bacteria upon contact with host target cells
- Pt. III. Consequences of bacterial adhesion for the host
- Adhesion, signal transduction and mucosal inflammation
- Adhesion of oral spirochaetes to host cells and its cytopathogenic consequences
- Interactions between enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and epithelial cells
- Host cells responses to Porphyromonas gingivalis and Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.