Bacterial adhesion to host tissues : mechanisms and consequences /

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Bacterial adhesion to host tissues (Print)
Other Authors: Wilson, Michael, 1947 April 12-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series:Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; 1.
Subjects:
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.