"Adhesins, Bacterial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cell-surface components or appendages of bacteria that facilitate adhesion (BACTERIAL ADHESION) to other cells or to inanimate surfaces. Most fimbriae (FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL) of gram-negative bacteria function as adhesins, but in many cases it is a minor subunit protein at the tip of the fimbriae that is the actual adhesin. In gram-positive bacteria, a protein or polysaccharide surface layer serves as the specific adhesin. What is sometimes called polymeric adhesin (BIOFILMS) is distinct from protein adhesin.
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D018829
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MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.097.120.050 D12.776.543.100.050 D23.050.161.050
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2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adhesins, Bacterial" by people in Profiles.
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Allon AA, Ng KW, Hammoud S, Russell BH, Jones CM, Rivera JJ, Schwartz J, Hook M, Maher SA. Augmenting the articular cartilage-implant interface: Functionalizing with a collagen adhesion protein. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2012 Aug; 100(8):2168-75.
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Whitaker WB, Parent MA, Boyd A, Richards GP, Boyd EF. The Vibrio parahaemolyticus ToxRS regulator is required for stress tolerance and colonization in a novel orogastric streptomycin-induced adult murine model. Infect Immun. 2012 May; 80(5):1834-45.
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Liang FT, Brown EL, Wang T, Iozzo RV, Fikrig E. Protective niche for Borrelia burgdorferi to evade humoral immunity. Am J Pathol. 2004 Sep; 165(3):977-85.