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Adhesins, Bacterial

Known as: Bacterial Adhesin, adhesin, adhesins 
Cell-surface components or appendages of bacteria that facilitate adhesion (BACTERIAL ADHESION) to other cells or to inanimate surfaces. Most… 
National Institutes of Health

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Bacterial Proteins

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses a cyclic-di-GMP-regulated adhesin to reinforce the biofilm extracellular matrix
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the principal pathogen of cystic fibrosis patients, forms antibiotic‐resistant biofilms promoting chronic… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Critical Role of Bcr1-Dependent Adhesins in C. albicans Biofilm Formation In Vitro and In Vivo
The fungal pathogen Candida albicans is frequently associated with catheter-based infections because of its ability to form… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA) protects Staphylococcus epidermidis against major components of the human innate immune system
The skin commensal and opportunistic pathogen Staphylococcus epidermidis is the leading cause of nosocomial and biofilm… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Bacterial Adhesion to Target Cells Enhanced by Shear Force
Review
2000
Review
2000
Dental plaque formation.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The Intercellular Adhesion (ica) Locus Is Present in Staphylococcus aureus and Is Required for Biofilm Formation
ABSTRACT Nosocomial infections that result in the formation of biofilms on the surfaces of biomedical implants are a leading… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Bacterial Adhesins: Common Themes and Variations in Architecture and Assembly
Among the earliest events in many bacterial infections are the molecular interactions that occur between the pathogen and host… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
X-ray structure of the FimC-FimH chaperone-adhesin complex from uropathogenic Escherichia coli.
Type 1 pili-adhesive fibers expressed in most members of the Enterobacteriaceae family-mediate binding to mannose receptors on… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Prevention of mucosal Escherichia coli infection by FimH-adhesin-based systemic vaccination.
Virtually all uropathogenic strains of Escherichia coli, the primary cause of cystitis, assemble adhesive surface organelles… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Human blood contains two subsets of dendritic cells, one immunologically mature and the other immature.
Two subsets of dendritic cells, differing in T-cell stimulatory function, have been purified directly from human blood. Both… 
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