Colonization of mucosal surfaces /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
ASM Press,
[2005]
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Table of Contents:
- Structure and function of mucosal surfaces
- Defensins and other antimicrobial peptides : innate defense of mucosal surfaces
- Mechanisms of adaptive immunity that prevent colonization at mucosal surfaces
- In situ monitoring of bacterial presence and activity
- Colonization of the respiratory tract
- Role of phosphorylcholine in respiratory tract colonization
- Sialylation of the gram-negative bacterial cell surface
- Competitive and cooperative interactions in the respiratory microflora
- Bacterial adherence and tropism in the human respiratory tract
- Immunoglobulin A1 proteases of pathogenic and commensal bacteria of the respiratory tract
- Genetic exchange in the respiratory tract
- Regulation in response to environmental conditions
- Colonization of the gastrointestinal tract
- Microbiota of mucosal surfaces in the gut of monogastric animals
- Interactions of commensal flora with the human gastrointestinal tract
- Quorum sensing in the gastrointestinal tract
- Role of the mucus layer in bacterial colonization of the intestine
- Role of flagella in mucosal colonization
- Tissue tropism in intestinal colonization
- Aggregation and dispersal on mucosal surfaces
- Signal transduction in the intestinal mucosa
- Pathogen gene expression during intestinal infection
- Mechanisms of Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium intestinal colonization
- Colonization and invasion of humans by Entamoeba histolytica
- Colonization of the genitourinary tract
- Role of phase and antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae colonization
- Allelic variation of the FimH lectin of Escherichia coli type 1 fimbriae and uropathogenesis
- Fimbriae, signaling, and host response to urinary tract infection
- Urease, urolithiasis, and colonization of the urinary tract
- Polymicrobial bacteriuria : biofilm formation on foreign bodies and colonization of the urinary tract
- Colonization of the vaginal and urethral mucosa