Back to Search
Start Over
Bacterial pathogenesis: Common entry mechanisms
- Source :
- Current Biology. (9):1084-1086
- Publisher :
- Elsevier Science Ltd.
-
Abstract
- The recent identification of E-cadherin as the cell-surface receptor for the Listeria monocytogenes adhesin, internalin, indicates that pathogenic bacteria exploit a variety of host surface molecules for entry and that they may share some common strategies for uptake into host cells.
- Subjects :
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Host (biology)
Bacterial pathogenesis
Pathogenic bacteria
Biology
medicine.disease_cause
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Microbiology
Bacterial adhesin
Listeria monocytogenes
medicine
Identification (biology)
Internalin
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Receptor
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09609822
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current Biology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....58fbb2108a19101351abc3cb76f4b376
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-9822(02)70672-6