creator Phyllis Bentley Nataro, James P. text bibliography dcu Washington, D.C ASM Press c2005 2005 monographic eng

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xi, 456 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Structure and function of mucosal surfaces / Jeff P. Pearson and Iain A. Brownlee -- Defensins and other antimicrobial peptides: innate defense of mucosal surfaces / Alexander M. Cole and Tomas Ganz -- Mechanisms of adaptive immunity that prevent colonization at mucosal surfaces / Marcela F. Pasetti, Rosangela Salerno-Gonçalves and Marcelo B. Sztein -- In situ monitoring of bacterial presence and activity / Claus Sternberg ... [et al.] -- Colonization of the respiratory tract -- Role of phosphorylcholine in respiratory tract colonization / Jeffrey N. Weiser -- Sialylation of the gram-negative bacterial cell surface / Michael A. Apicella and Paul A. Jones -- Competitive and cooperative interactions in the respiratory microflora / Adam J. Ratner -- Bacterial adherence and tropism in the human respiratory tract / Mumtaz Virji -- Immunoglobulin A1 proteases of pathogenic and commensal bacteria of the respiratory tract / Mogens Kilian and Jesper Reinholdt -- Genetic exchange in the respiratory tract / Christopher G. Dowson -- Regulation of respiratory pathogens in response to environmental conditions / Peggy A. Cotter -- Colonization of the gastrointestinal tract -- Microbiota of mucosal surfaces in the gut of monogastric animals / Gerald W. Tannock -- Interactions of commensal flora with the human gastrointestinal tract / James P. Nataro -- Quorum sensing in the gastrointestinal tract / James B. Kaper, Christopher Pritchett and Jane Michalski -- Role of the mucous layer in bacterial colonization of the intestine / David C. Laux, Paul S. Cohen and Tyrrell Conway -- Role of flagella in mucosal colonization / Jorge A. Girón -- Tissue tropism in intestinal colonization / Elizabeth L. Hartland ... [et al.] -- Aggregation and dispersal on mucosal surfaces / James P. Nataro and Angela Jansen -- Signal transduction in the intestinal mucosa / Beth A. McCormick -- Pathogen gene expression during intestinal infection / Susan M. Butler, Anna D. Tischler and Andrew Camilli -- Mechanisms of Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium intestinal colonization / Caleb W. Dorsey ... [et al.] -- Colonization and invasion of humans by Entamoeba histolytica / Kristine M. Peterson and William A. Petri, Jr -- Colonization of the genitourinary tract -- Role of phase and antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae colonization / Amy N. Simms and Ann E. Jerse -- Allelic variation of the fimh lectin of Escherichia coli type 1 fimbriae and uropathogenesis / David L. Hasty ... [et al.] -- Fimbriae, signaling, and host response to urinary tract infection / Niamh Roche ... [et al.] -- Urease, urolithiasis, and colonization of the urinary tract / Harry L.T. Mobley -- Polymicrobial bacteriuria: biofilm formation on foreign bodies and colonization of the urinary tract / David J. Stickler -- Colonization of the vagina and urethral mucosa / Gregor Reid. Phyllis Bentley Includes bibliographical references and index. Mucous membrane Microbiology Mucous membrane Immunology Mucous Membrane microbiology Immunity, Mucosal physiology QR185.9.M83 C655 2005 823.91 BEQ QS 532.5.M8 C719 2005 1555813232 2004023760 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004023760.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip052/2004023760.html DNLM/DLC 041007 20170122114223.0 13749248