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Informationen zum Autor Michael Wilson is currently Professor of Microbiology in the Faculty of Clinical Sciences! University College London! and Head of the Department of Microbiology at the Eastman Dental Institute! University College London. He is the co-editor of Community Structure and Co-operation in Biofilms! 2000 (0521 793025) and co-author of Bacterial Virulence Mechanisms! 2002 (0521 79689X). Klappentext Comprehensive review of research in bacterial adhesion, the essential first stage of infection. Zusammenfassung Bacterial adhesion to host cells/tissues is essential for maintaining normal! protective host microflora. It is also the crucial first stage in any infectious disease. The molecular mechanisms described in this book are therefore of great interest to microbiologists and those seeking means of preventing and treating bacterial infections. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Bacterial Adhesins and Adhesive Structures: 1. Surface protein adhesins of staphylococci T. J. Foster; 2. Mechanisms of utilisation of host signalling molecules by respiratory mucosal pathogens Mumtaz Virji; 3. Surface structures of oral streptococci involved in adhesion Roderick McNab! Pauline S. Handley and Howard F. Jenkinson; 4. Regulation and function of phase variation in Escherichia coli Ian Blomfield; 5. Regulation of capsule expression Clare Taylor and Ian Roberts; 6. Role of pili in Haemophilus influenzae adherence! colonization! and disease Janet R. Gilsdorf; Part II. Effect of Adhesion on Bacterial Structure and Function: 7. Transcriptional regulation of meningococcal gene expression upon adhesion to target cells Muhamed-Kheir Taha; 8. Induction of protein secretion by Yersinia enteroclitica through contact with eukaryotic cells Dorothy E. Pierson; 9. Functional modulation of pathogenic bacteria upon contact with host target cells Andreass U. Kresse! Frank Ebel and Carlos A. Guzman; Part III. Consequences of Bacterial Adhesion for the Host: 10. Adhesion! signal transduction and mucosal inflammation Catharina Svanborg et al.; 11. Adhesion of oral spirochaetes to host cells and its cytopathogenic consequences Richard P. Ellen; 12. Interactions between enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and epithelial cells Elizabeth L. Hartland! Gad Frankel and Stuart Knutton; 13. Host cell responses to Porphyromonas gingivalis and Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Richard Lamont. ...
