Bacterial Virulence Factors and Rho GTPases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Boquet, Patrice (Editor), Lemichez, Emmanuel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 291
• Subjects: Medicine.; Virology.; Biomedicine.

Pathogenic bacteria for human and animals have developed sophisticated weapons, termed virulence factors, to ensure their replication and persistence into their hosts. The first role of these virulence factors is to loosen the host defenses against microorganisms represented by innate and adaptive i...