"Adhesins, Bacterial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cell-surface components or appendages of bacteria that facilitate adhesion (BACTERIAL ADHESION) to other cells or to inanimate surfaces. Most fimbriae (FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL) of gram-negative bacteria function as adhesins, but in many cases it is a minor subunit protein at the tip of the fimbriae that is the actual adhesin. In gram-positive bacteria, a protein or polysaccharide surface layer serves as the specific adhesin. What is sometimes called polymeric adhesin (BIOFILMS) is distinct from protein adhesin.
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D018829
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.097.120.050 D12.776.543.100.050 D23.050.161.050
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| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adhesins, Bacterial" by people in Profiles.
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The Fim and FhaB adhesins play a crucial role in nasal cavity infection and Bordetella pertussis transmission in a novel mouse catarrhal infection model. PLoS Pathog. 2022 04; 18(4):e1010402.
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Flagellar Perturbations Activate Adhesion through Two Distinct Pathways in Caulobacter crescentus. mBio. 2021 02 09; 12(1).
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Quantitative analysis and virulence phenotypes of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) acquired from diarrheal stool samples from a Midwest US hospital. Gut Microbes. 2020 11 09; 12(1):1-21.
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Role of Caulobacter Cell Surface Structures in Colonization of the Air-Liquid Interface. J Bacteriol. 2019 09 15; 201(18).
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Regulation of bacterial surface attachment by a network of sensory transduction proteins. PLoS Genet. 2019 05; 15(5):e1008022.
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Enterococcus faecium biofilm formation: identification of major autolysin AtlAEfm, associated Acm surface localization, and AtlAEfm-independent extracellular DNA Release. mBio. 2013 Apr 16; 4(2):e00154.
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Bacillus anthracis protease InhA regulates BslA-mediated adhesion in human endothelial cells. Cell Microbiol. 2012 Aug; 14(8):1219-30.
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence expression is directly activated by morphine and is capable of causing lethal gut-derived sepsis in mice during chronic morphine administration. Ann Surg. 2012 Feb; 255(2):386-93.
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The two variants of the Streptococcus pneumoniae pilus 1 RrgA adhesin retain the same function and elicit cross-protection in vivo. Infect Immun. 2010 Dec; 78(12):5033-42.
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Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis: secretion systems, adhesins, and invasins. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Sep; 29(9):860-1.