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Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Virulence

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. C. I. Kado

    1. University of California, Davis, USA

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  2. J. H. Crosa

    1. Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, USA

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Part of the book series: Developments in Plant Pathology (DIPP, volume 3)

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Table of contents (46 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Host recognition and attachment mechanisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Phenotypic and genetic aspects of host cell invasion by Salmonella species

      • Bradley D. Jones, Stanley Falkow
      Pages 3-16

    3. CS1 pili of enterotoxigenic E. coli

      • June R. Scott, Barbara J. Froehlich
      Pages 17-30

    4. Molecular escorts required to present bacterial adhesins to eukaryotic receptors

      • Lynn N. Slonim, Meta J. Kuehn, Scott J. Hultgren
      Pages 31-45

    5. Studies on the pili of the promiscuous plasmid RP4

      • Laura S. Frost, John Simon
      Pages 47-65

    6. Fimbria (pilus) mediated attachment of Pseudomonas syringae, Erwinia rhapontici and Xanthomonas campestris to plant surfaces

      • Martin Romantschuk, Elina Roine, Tuula Ojanen, Joop Van Doorn, Jari Louhelainen, Eeva-Liisa Nurmiaho-Lassila et al.
      Pages 67-77

    7. Attachment of Agrobacterium tumefaciens to host cells

      • Ann G. Matthysse, Vincent T. Wagner
      Pages 79-92

    8. The function and regulation of genes required for extracellular polysaccharide synthesis and virulence in Pseudomonas solanacearum

      • Chris Cheng Kao, Luis Sequeira
      Pages 93-108

    9. Effects of Opa proteins and lipooligosaccharides on surface charge and biological behavior of gonococci

      • John Swanson
      Pages 109-125

    10. Anthrax toxin mechanisms of receptor binding and internalization

      • Stephen H. Leppla, Kurt R. Klimpel, Naveen Arora
      Pages 127-139

    11. Host-specific virulence genes of Xanthomonas

      • D. W. Gabriel, M. T. Kingsley, Y. Yang, J. Chen, P. Roberts
      Pages 141-158

  3. Pathogen ingression and invasive mechanisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Iron and plant pathogenesis: the systemic soft rot disease induced by Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937 on saintpaulia plants

      • Dominique Expert, Claire Neema, J. Pierre Laulhère, Chrystèle Sauvage, Céline Masclaux, Bruno Mahé
      Pages 161-171

    3. Characterization of the Vibrio cholerae heme iron transport system and its role in pathogenesis

      • Shelley M. Payne, Douglas P. Henderson
      Pages 173-184

    4. Toxin secretion in Bordetella pertussis: breaking the Gram-negative barrier

      • Alison Weiss
      Pages 185-191

    5. Factors affecting the virulence of soft rot Erwinia species: the molecular biology of an opportunistic phytopathogen

      • George P. C. Salmond
      Pages 193-206

    6. Processing of the T-DNA from the Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti-plasmid

      • Stanton B. Gelvin, Sergei A. Filichkin
      Pages 207-222

    7. T-DNA transfer from Agrobacterium to the plant cell nucleus

      • Bruno Tinland, Luca Rossi, Barbara Hohn
      Pages 223-230

    8. Mechanisms of T-DNA transfer and integration into plant chromosomes: role of vir B, vir D4 and vir E2 and a short interspersed repetitive element (SINE) from tobacco

      • Yasushi Yoshioka, Yoshito Takahashi, Shogo Matsumoto, Shoko Kojima, Ken Matsuoka, Kenzo Nakamura et al.
      Pages 231-248
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About this book

The growing body of information on bacteria pathogenic for humans, mammals and plants generated within the past ten years has shown the interesting conservation of newly identified genes that playa direct role in the pathogenic mechanism. In addition to these genes, there are also genes that confer host specificities and other traits important in pathogenesis on these pathogens. In this volume, we have organized the subject areas to best fit the concept on the way bacterial pathogens recognize, interact and invade the host, on the regulation of genes involved in virulence, on the genes involved in the elaboration of toxins and other pathogenic components such as iron sequestering proteins, and on the mechanisms of circumventing the host defense systems. These areas are divided into Sections. Section I covers the first step when the pathogen seeks its host, and Sections II through VI cover subsequent steps leading to pathogenesis while avoiding host defenses. We conclude this work with a chapter summarizing information on examples of virulence mechanisms that are highly conserved.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Davis, USA

    C. I. Kado

  • Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, USA

    J. H. Crosa

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Virulence

  • Editors: C. I. Kado, J. H. Crosa

  • Series Title: Developments in Plant Pathology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0746-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1901-6Due: 28 February 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4322-9Published: 28 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-0746-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0929-1318

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 672

  • Topics: Plant Pathology, Plant Sciences, Bacteriology, Ecology

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