Microbial Adhesion and Invasion

Cell Surface Carbohydrates as Adhesion Receptors for Many Pathogenic and Opportunistic Microorganisms.- The Integrins: A General Overview.- Molecular Interactions between Human Rhinoviruses and the Adhesion Receptor ICAM-1.- Cell Surface Receptors Required for Herpes simplex Virus Infection Include Heparan Sulfate Glycosaminoglycans.- Interaction of Poliovirus with its Immunoglobulin-like Cell Receptor.- Characterization and Expression of the Glycoprotein Receptor for Murine Coronavirus.- A Regulatory Cascade Controls Virulence in Vibrio cholerae.- Escape from the Phagosome and Cell-to-Cell Spread of Listeria monocytogenes.- Global Regulatory Control of Curli Expression and Fibronectin Binding in Enterobacteria.- Collagen Receptor of Staphylococcus aureus.- Prospects for Group A Streptococcal Vaccine.- Protection against Streptococcal Mucosal Colonization.- Group A Streptococci: Molecular Mimicry, Autoimmunity and Infection.- Attenuated Salmonella sp. as Live Vaccines and as Presenters of Heterologous Antigens.- Molecular and Cellular Basis of Eucaryotic Cell Invasion by Shigella flexneri.