Regulation of bacterial virulence
edited by Michael L. Vasil and Andrew J. Darwin.
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Washington, DC : : ASM Press, , c2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (xvi, 603 pages) : : illustrations (some color)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; About the Author; Contents; Contributors; Preface; I. GLOBAL CHANGES DURING AND BETWEEN DIFFERENT STATES OF INFECTIONS; Chapter 1 Factors That Impact Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Structure and Function; INTRODUCTION; WHAT IS A BIOFILM?; BIOFILM DEVELOMENT AND STRUCTURE IN PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE BIOFILM STRUCTURE; EFFECT OF BIOFILM STRUCTURE ON ANTIBIOTIC TOLERANCE; SIGNALING DETERMINANTS THAT REGULATE BIOFILM FORMATION; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 Chronic versus Acute Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection States. - DNA METHYLATION AND GENE REGULATION IN BACTERIAL PATHOGENS. - FUR PROPERTIES AND REGULATORY MECHANISMS RyhB PROPERTIES AND REGULATORY MECHANISMS; IRON REGULATION AND VIRULENCE; IRON REGULATION OF METABOLISM; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; II. ADHERENCE, COLONIZATION, AND SURFACE FACTORS; Chapter 7 Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Virulence and Gene Regulation; INTRODUCTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; CUP OVERVIEW; UPEC VIRULENCE; COMPLEX POPULATION DYNAMICS GOVERN MURINE UPEC UTI; TYPE 1 PILUS-DEPENDENT BLADDER INVASION AND INTRACELLULAR BACTERIAL COMMUNITY (IBC) FORMATION; UPEC BINDING TRIGGERS HOST AND BACTERIAL RESPONSES; GENETIC REGULATION WITHIN IBCs. - INTRODUCTION ACUTE VERSUS CHRONIC INFECTION; REGULATORY "SWITCHES" FOR VIRULENCE FACTOR EXPRESSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3 Quorum Sensing in Burkholderia; Introduction; Overview of AHL Signaling; Quorum Sensing in Burkholderia; FUTURE CHALLENGES; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 Staphylococcus aureus Pathogenesis and Virulence Factor Regulation; INTRODUCTION TO STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 Regulation of Virulence by Iron in Gram-Positive Bacteria; INTRODUCTION; MECHANISMS OF IRON-DEPENDENT GENE REGULATION IN GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA. - IRON-DEPENDENT VIRULENCE REGULATION IN CORYNEBACTERIUMIRON-DEPENDENT VIRULENCE REGULATION IN STAPHYLOCOCCI; IRON-DEPENDENT REGULATION OF VIRULENCE IN BACILLI; IRON-DEPENDENT VIRULENCE REGULATION IN STREPTOCOCCI; IRON-DEPENDENT VIRULENCE REGULATION IN LISTERIA; IRON-DEPENDENT VIRULENCE REGULATION IN CLOSTRIDIUM; IRON-DEPENDENT VIRULENCE REGULATION IN ACTINOMYCES; IRON-DEPENDENT VIRULENCE REGULATION IN MYCOBACTERIA; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 Iron Regulation and Virulence in Gram-Negative Bacterial Pathogens with Yersinia pestis as a Paradigm; INTRODUCTION. - RESERVOIRS FORM IN THE UNDERLYING BLADDER TISSUE AN EXUBERANT IMMUNE RESPONSE DURING ACUTE INFECTION PREDISPOSES TO CHRONIC CYSTITIS; DISSEMINATION TO THE KIDNEYS IS ACCOMPANIED BY REGULATORY CHANGES; REGULATION OF TYPE 1 PILI; DIFFERENTIAL METHYLATION REGULATES P PILI; PILUS CROSS-REGULATION; ANTIVIRULENCE COMPOUNDS TO TREAT UTI; CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES; REFERENCES; Chapter 8 Phasevarions: an Emerging Paradigm in Epigenetic Gene Regulation in Host-Adapted Mucosal Pathogens; INTRODUCTION; MECHANISMS OF PHASE VARIATION; PHASE VARIATION VIA SIMPLE TANDEM REPEATS. - A comprehensive compendium of scholarly contributions relating to bacterial virulence gene regulation.
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| ISBN | 1-55581-852-8. - 9781555816766. - 9781555818524
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