Cell surface components and adhesion in Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
Main primary approaches and new developments in the study of the molecular basis of the adhesive process of Corynebacterium diphtheriae are reviewed along with a discussion of the potential importance of hemagglutinins, exposed sugar residues, hydrophobins and trans-sialidase enzymes as adhesins of strains of the sucrose fermenting and non-fermenting biotypes.
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Disciplina de Microbiologia e Imunologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, UERJ, Av. 28 de Setembro 87, 3 degrees andar - fundos, Vila Isabel, CEP 20551-030, RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. guaraldi@uerj.br
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D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D003353:Corynebacterium diphtheriae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000502:physiology; D006384:Hemagglutination; D006801:Humans; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid / Q000502:physiology; D009439:Neuraminidase / Q000502:physiology
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D009439:Neuraminidase; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid