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Attachment to host cells or tissues is often the first step in the establishment of bacterial infections. A complex array of recognition, attachment, and virulence factors is involved in this process, which recent research has greatly illuminated. This comprehensive and authoritative volume discusses the specific cell and tissue-specific affinities of pathogenic microorganisms, including bioinorganic surfaces such as teeth, and is an essential reference for researchers and students of host-pathogen interactions.
List of contents
1. Principles of Bacterial Adhesion.- 2. Methods, Models, and Analysis of Bacterial Adhesion.- 3. Animal Cell Membranes as Substrata for Bacteria Adhesion.- 4. Relationship Between Bacterial Cell Surfaces and Adhesins.- 5. Bacterial Lectins as Adhesins.- 6. Gram-Positive Pyogenic Cocci.- 7. Interaction of Bacteria with Phagocytic Cells.- 8. Adhesion of Bacteria to Oral Tissues.- 9. Regulation and Expression of Bacterial Adhesins.- 10. Recent Developments in Bacterial Adhesion to Animal Cells.- 11. Common Themes in Bacterial Adhesion.
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`Basically, a classic of its genre and should become the reference text through to the next millennium, presenting the subject in a readable, organized, logical manner.'
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