Bacterial adhesion and entry into host cells.
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Abstract
Successful establishment of infection by bacterial pathogens requires adhesion to host cells, colonization of tissues, and in certain cases, cellular invasion-followed by intracellular multiplication, dissemination to other tissues, or persistence. Bacteria use monomeric adhesins/invasins or highly sophisticated macromolecular machines such as type III secretion systems and retractile type IV pili to establish a complex host/pathogen molecular crosstalk that leads to subversion of cellular functions and establishment of disease.
Medical subject headings
- Bacteria
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial