Essays about: "fibronectin-binding"

Found 2 essays containing the word fibronectin-binding.

  1. 1. Bacterial Sortase A as a drug target

    University essay from Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Caroline Larsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Antibiotic resistance; Sortase A; Staphylococcus aureus; Gram-positive bacteria; inhibition; FRET assay; fibronectin-binding;

    Abstract : Sortase A is a housekeeping enzyme of Gram-positive bacteria that catalyses the anchoring of surface proteins to the bacterial peptidoglycan. The enzyme works to establish an interaction between bacteria and host cells and is essential for pathogenesis. READ MORE

  3. 2. Study of the collagen- and fibronectin- binding protein FNE

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Microbiology

    Author : Katarina Hörnaeus; [2008]
    Keywords : Streptococcus equi subspecies equi; strangles; vaccine; extracellular proteins; virulence ;

    Abstract : Strangles is a severe equine respiratory infection, caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi subspecies equi affecting horses of all ages and types worldwide. Infected horses suffer from fever, coughing and copious nasal discharge as well as abscesses in lymph nodes in the head and throat. S. READ MORE