ENGLISH

Signal Transduction and Bacterial Virulence

By Rino Rappuoli , Vincenzo Scarlato , Beatrice Aricò (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1995
ISBN
978-3-662-22408-3, 978-3-662-22406-9
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-22406-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (6876682 bytes)
Series
Medical Intelligence Unit
Edition
1
Pages
167\178
Time added
2014-01-18 08:00:00
Medical Microbiology; Molecular Medicine

Description

In order to survive, bacteria must constantly monitor their structure and physiology. Adaptive behaviours are established by using environmental sensors and response regulators. These communication modules regulate a wide variety of signals including host detection and invasion, cell cycle, metabolite utilization, starvation and many others. The purpose of this volume is to give an overview of the various systems and to introduce recent advances in understanding selected systems of pathogenic bacteria.

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