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bacterial carbohydrate recognition are conveyed, covering Gram-positive as well as Gram-negative bacteria, in Chapter 4 Streptococci and Staphylococci, and in Chapter 5, carbohydrate binding specificities of Helicobacter pylori. In Chapter 6, Bitter sweetness of complexity, the collected reflections on mic- bial adhesion are expanded by a perspective on a broader impact of glycosylation on cellular adhesion, motility and regulatory processes, paralleling the complexity of N-glycan structures on cell surfaces. It highlights particularly how structural details of N-glycans have been causally related to pathological scenarios, with a focus on ?(1,6)-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase. In the final chapter, biofilm formation is reviewed, covering knowledge about structure and biosynthesis of polysaccharide intercellular adhesins (PIAs) which are central to biofilm formation. This comprehensive chapter explains all PIA-related principles of medical device-associated infections. It is our hope, that this collection of expert articles, ranging from structural ch- istry and structural biology to biochemistry and medicine, will be a stimulation and motivation for our colleagues in the life sciences. At the same time, we hope that these reflections on microbial adhesion will awake interest in and promote und- standing of the complex processes associated with the glycocalyx and the multif- eted interactions between the host cell and its guest, as well as the biological consequences resulting from this mutual interplay.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Biochemistry

• Full title: Glycoscience and Microbial Adhesion
• Author: Thisbe K. Lindhorst, Stefan Oscarson
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 186
• EAN: 9783642013034
• ISBN: 3642013031
• ID: 01649619
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Weight: 508 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. June 2009

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