Bacterial adhesion to host tissues : mechanisms and consequences /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002. |
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| Description: | xvi, 328 p., [11] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; 1 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4660630 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Bacterial Adhesins and Adhesive Structures
- 1. Surface protein adhesins of staphylococci
- 2. Mechanisms of utilisation of host signalling molecules by respiratory mucosal pathogens
- 3. Surface structures of oral streptococci involved in adhesion
- 4. Regulation and function of phase variation in Escherichia coli
- 5. Regulation of capsule expression
- 6. Role of pili in Haemophilus influenzae adherence, colonization, and disease
- Part II. Effect of Adhesion on Bacterial Structure and Function
- 7. Transcriptional regulation of meningococcal gene expression upon adhesion to target cells
- 8. Induction of protein secretion by Yersinia enteroclitica through contact with eukaryotic cells
- 9. Functional modulation of pathogenic bacteria upon contact with host target cells
- Part III. Consequences of Bacterial Adhesion for the Host
- 10. Adhesion, signal transduction and mucosal inflammation
- 11. Adhesion of oral spirochaetes to host cells and its cytopathogenic consequences
- 12. Interactions between enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and epithelial cells
- 13. Host cell responses to Porphyromonas gingivalis and Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
