| Literature DB >> 16497583 |
Javier Pizarro-Cerdá1, Pascale Cossart.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16497583 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.02.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN: 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582