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Structural biology of bacterial pathogenesis /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Waksman, Gabriel, Caparon, Michael, Hultgren, Scott
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Bacteria > pathogenicity.
Bacterial Infections > microbiology.
Bacterial Physiological Phenomena.
Virulence Factors.
Table of Contents:
  • Regulation of transcription by anti-sigma factors
  • Two-component signal transduction and chemotaxis
  • Sugar recognition and bacterial attachment
  • Host receptors of bacterial origin
  • The chaperone-usher pathway of pilus fiber biogenesis
  • Structure and assembly of type IV pilins
  • Sortase pathways in gram-positive bacteria
  • Structural determinants of Haemophilus influenzae adherence to host epithelia : variations on type V secretion
  • Type III secretion machinery and effectors
  • Type IV secretion machinery
  • Injectosomes in gram-positive bacteria
  • Toll/interleukin-1 receptors and innate immunity