The attachment of a pathogen to target cells is a critical step in establishing an infection. Most Gram-negative pathogens display specialized adhesive pili, or fimbriae, assembled via the dedicated classical, alternative and archaic chaperone-usher (CU) pathways from protein subunits. CU pathways represent attractive inhibition targets, as the suppression of bacterial adhesion will allow the natural clearance of the pathogen without the development of antibiotic resistance. This thesis explores the mechanism and biological significance of the polyvalent attachment of fimbrial adhesins to host cell receptors and elucidates the assembly mechanism of fimbriae via the archaic CU pathway. In this study, we focused on several medically import...
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide and t...
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which the cardinal sympto...
Electrospinning process has become a leading technique for producing nano-fibrous scaffolds that are...
Neurotrophic factors (NTFs) are secreted proteins which promote the survival of neurons, formation a...
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a hematologic malignancy that originates from pluripotent hematopo...
Bacterial surface (S) layers are proteinaceous arrays found on the surface of hundreds of bacterial ...
Väitekirja elektrooniline versioon ei sisalda publikatsioone.Endometrioos on sageli esinev kroonilin...
Little information is available concerning the interaction of Heterobasidion annosum with the roots ...
Cytochrome P450 epoxygenases of the 2C family (CYP2C) are highly expressed in the endothelium and me...
Plant vascular tissues are supporting and conductive tissues composed of two major components, xylem...
Cathepsin D (CTSD) is a lysosomal protease, the deficiency of which is fatal and associated with neu...
Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial progressive disease characterized by the appearance of inflamed ...
Oxidoreductases are found in all living organisms and play essential roles in housekeeping, percepti...
Lipids, as the major components of cell membranes, are multi-functional molecules that also critical...
Kidney transplantation (Tx) is the treatment of choice for end stage renal disease. Immunosuppressiv...
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide and t...
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which the cardinal sympto...
Electrospinning process has become a leading technique for producing nano-fibrous scaffolds that are...
Neurotrophic factors (NTFs) are secreted proteins which promote the survival of neurons, formation a...
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a hematologic malignancy that originates from pluripotent hematopo...
Bacterial surface (S) layers are proteinaceous arrays found on the surface of hundreds of bacterial ...
Väitekirja elektrooniline versioon ei sisalda publikatsioone.Endometrioos on sageli esinev kroonilin...
Little information is available concerning the interaction of Heterobasidion annosum with the roots ...
Cytochrome P450 epoxygenases of the 2C family (CYP2C) are highly expressed in the endothelium and me...
Plant vascular tissues are supporting and conductive tissues composed of two major components, xylem...
Cathepsin D (CTSD) is a lysosomal protease, the deficiency of which is fatal and associated with neu...
Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial progressive disease characterized by the appearance of inflamed ...
Oxidoreductases are found in all living organisms and play essential roles in housekeeping, percepti...
Lipids, as the major components of cell membranes, are multi-functional molecules that also critical...
Kidney transplantation (Tx) is the treatment of choice for end stage renal disease. Immunosuppressiv...
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide and t...
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which the cardinal sympto...
Electrospinning process has become a leading technique for producing nano-fibrous scaffolds that are...