Bacterial Pili (eBook)

Structure, Synthesis and Role in Disease

Michele A Barocchi, John L Telford (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-78924-374-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Bacterial pili enable bacteria to interact with the environment, surfaces and other bacteria and host cells. This book discusses the synthesis, structure, evolution, function and role in pathogenesis of these complex structures, and their basis for vaccine development and therapeutics for Streptococcus pathogens.

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Bacterial pili play important roles as environmental sensors, in host colonization and in biofilm formation, enabling bacteria to interact with the environment, with surfaces and with other bacteria and host cells. Most bacteria, both Gram positive and Gram negative, and almost all bacterial pathogens, are piliated. This book discusses the synthesis, structure, evolution, function and role in pathogenesis of these complex structures, and their basis for vaccine development and therapeutics for Streptococcus pathogens. It is an invaluable resource for researchers and students of medical microbiology.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.4.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Advances in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik
• ISBN-10: 1-78924-374-2 / 1789243742
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78924-374-1 / 9781789243741