Microbial surface components recognizing adhesive matrix molecules (MSCRAMMs)
comprise a group of cell surface adhesins that bind specifically to the extracellular matrix …

Blood in healthy organisms is seen as a 'sterile'environment: it lacks proliferating microbes.
Dormant or not-immediately-culturable forms are not absent, however, as intracellular …

Thoroughly revised and reorganized, the second edition of Interfacial Forces in Aqueous
Media examines the role of polar interfacial and noncovalent interactions among biological …

Adenovirus contains a heterodimeric protein complex consisting of 188 kd fiber protein that
mediates high affinity virus attachment to cells and a 400 kd pentavalent subunit (penton …

We report the first identification of a cellular receptor mediating entry of a gram-positive
bacterium into nonphagocytotic cells. By an affinity chromatography approach, we identified …

THE Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of pneumonia,
sepsis and meningitis1. Although the invasive disease is severe, some 40% of individuals …

That we live with numerous bacteria in our gut without any adverse effects is a remarkable
feat by the body's immune system, particularly considering the wealth of sensing and effector …

One of the earliest steps in the pathogenic cycle of the facultative intracellular pathogen
Salmonella spp. is the invasion of the cells of the intestinal epithelium. We have previously …

Interest in bacterial pathogenesis has recently increased because of antibiotic resistance,
the emergence of new pathogens and the resurgence of old ones, and the lack of effective …

Osteopontin, a glycoprotein with a glycine-arginine-glycine-aspartate-serine (GRGDS) cell-
binding domain, has been described in bone and is also known to be expressed in other …