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9781555812638

Bacterial Adhesion to Animal Cells and Tissues

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  • ISBN13:

    9781555812638

  • ISBN10:

    1555812635

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-09-01
  • Publisher: Amer Society for Microbiology

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Summary

Second author, David L. Hasty, is with the Univ. of Tennessee, Memphis. Text is an update on Bacterial Adhesion to Cells and Tissues, c1994. Covers the general principles, methodology, characteristics of target cells and tissues, characteristics of bacterial surfaces, and more. For students and researchers. DNLM: Bacterial Adhesion.

Author Biography

Itzhak Ofek: Department of Human Microbiology Sackler Faculty of Medicine Tel-Aviv University Tel-Aviv David L. Hasty: University of Tennessee College of Medicine and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Memphis Ron J. Doyle Department of Microbiology and Immunology University of Louisville School of Medicine Kentucky

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Chapter 1. Basic Concepts in Bacterial Adhesion 1(18)
Chapter 2. Methodological Approaches to Analysis of Adhesins and Adhesion 19(24)
Chapter 3. Target Tissues for Bacterial Adhesion 43(20)
Chapter 4. Adhesins as Bacterial Cell Surface Structures: General Concepts of Structure, Biogenesis, and Regulation 63(34)
Chapter 5. Emerging Concepts in Bacterial Adhesion and Its Consequences 97(4)
Chapter 6. Diversification of Receptor Specificities and Its Biological Consequences 101(12)
Chapter 7. Entry of Bacteria into Nonphagocytic Cells 113(14)
Chapter 8. Postadhesion Events Induced in Nonphagocytic Cells 127(16)
Chapter 9. Adhesion-Dependent Upregulation of Bacterial Genes 143(4)
Chapter 10. Role of Adhesion in Biofilm Formation 147(10)
Chapter 11. Antiadhesion Therapy 157(20)
Chapter 12. Adhesins, Receptors, and Target Substrata Involved in the Adhesion of Pathogenic Bacteria to Host Cells and Tissues 177(230)
Index 407

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