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Proteinaceous Bacterial Adhesins and Their Receptors
CRC Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 1982The adhesion of bacteria to surfaces is an ecologically important property which enables them to colonize their natural habitats. Adhesion between bacteria mediated by sex pili and aggregation substances may also promote gene transfers. In this review, we describe the adhesive properties of bacteria (to eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, and inert ...
G W, Jones, R E, Isaacson
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Bacterial adhesins/glycolipid receptors
Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 1992Abstract Recognition of lipid-bound carbohydrate is a common motif in bacterial host cell binding. Although carbohydrate sequence determines binding affinity, an appreciation of other factors within the glycolipid or its molecular environment, which can affect the availability of recognized epitopes, is becoming evident.
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1994
In 1977, Ofek et al. suggested that proteins with lectin-like properties on bacterial surfaces could serve as adhesins that bind the organisms to animal cells. It was found that E. coli, bearing type 1 fimbriae specific for mannose, could agglutinate red cells. The adhesins of many pathogenic bacteria are now thought to be carbohydrate-binding proteins,
Itzhak Ofek, Ronald J. Doyle
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In 1977, Ofek et al. suggested that proteins with lectin-like properties on bacterial surfaces could serve as adhesins that bind the organisms to animal cells. It was found that E. coli, bearing type 1 fimbriae specific for mannose, could agglutinate red cells. The adhesins of many pathogenic bacteria are now thought to be carbohydrate-binding proteins,
Itzhak Ofek, Ronald J. Doyle
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Crystallography of Gram-Positive Bacterial Adhesins
2011Both Gram-negative and Gram-positive pathogens display a multitude of proteins and protein assemblies (pili or fimbriae) on their cell surfaces, which are often used for adherence and initiate colonization and pathogenesis. Adhesive proteins known as MSCRAMMs (microbial surface components recognizing adhesive matrix molecules), anchored by a specific ...
Vengadesan, Krishnan +1 more
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Breaking the Bond: Recent Patents on Bacterial Adhesins
Recent Patents on DNA & Gene Sequences, 2012Adhesins need to be exposed on the surface of pathogenic bacteria to properly interact with host tissues and allow establishment of the infection. This fact implies that, in theory, one could manage or avoid infection by controlling adhesins' function, and also by indirectly detecting bacteria through their surface-exposed adhesins. Besides, binding of
Eneas, Carvalho +4 more
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Carbohydrate Receptors of Bacterial Adhesins: Implications and Reflections
2008Bacteria entering a host depend on adhesins to achieve colonization. Adhesins are bacterial surface structures mediating binding to host surficial areas. Most adhesins are composed of one or several proteins. Usually a single bacterial strain is able to express various adhesins.
K, Ohlsen +3 more
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Bacterial lectinlike adhesins: Determination and specificity
1994Publisher Summary This chapter presents the experimental procedures employed in studies on Escherichia coli lectinlike adhesins, focusing on models for testing adhesins and for determining glycoprotein receptors of the adhesins. Bacterial lectinlike adhesins are proteinaceous structures located on the surface of bacterial cells that mediate the ...
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Regulation and Expression of Bacterial Adhesins
1994There are various levels of complexity in bacterial cell surfaces. In Chapter 4, the main features of the Gram-negative and Gram-positive surfaces were reviewed. It was seen for both cell types that their surfaces were composed of components that associate noncovalently to form a supramolecular structure. These noncovalently associated molecules may be
Itzhak Ofek, Ronald J. Doyle
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Interactions of Bacterial Adhesins with the Extracellular Matrix
1996The role of microbial adhesion to epithelia in mucosa-associated infections has been recognized for a long time. The discovery by Kuusela in 197823 that Staphylococcus aureus strains specifically bind the extracellular matrix (ECM) and plasma glycoprotein fibronectin, Fn, launched a broad field of research on (i) how microbes, i.e. bacteria, parasites,
A, Ljungh, T, Wadström
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