POLYADHESINS: AN ARMORY OF GRAM--NEGATIVE PATHOGENS FOR PENETRATION THROUGH THE IMMUNE SHIELD

The rapid emergence of treatment-resistant bacterial pathogens has become a major threat to public health. The outbreak of new Shiga-toxin–producing Escherichia coli O104H4 infection occured in Germany in 2011 illustrates this problem. To colonize host tissues, pathogenic bacteria express surface ad...

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Main Author: V. P. Zav’yalov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry 2013-08-01
Series:Biotechnologia Acta
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Online Access:http://biotechnology.kiev.ua/images/no4_2013/zavyalov_4_2013.pdf