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Biology, Volume 2, Issue 3

September 2013 - 13 articles

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Review

20 Citations

10,061 Views

18 Pages

Bacterial Adhesion of Streptococcus suis to Host Cells and Its Inhibition by Carbohydrate Ligands

Annika Kouki,
Roland J. Pieters,
Ulf J. Nilsson,
Vuokko Loimaranta,
Jukka Finne and
Sauli Haataja

Biology2013, 2(3), 918-935;https://doi.org/10.3390/biology2030918

1 July 2013

Streptococcus suis is a Gram-positive bacterium, which causes sepsis and meningitis in pigs and humans. This review examines the role of known S. suis virulence factors in adhesion and S. suis carbohydrate-based adhesion mechanisms, as well as the in...

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Article

4 Citations

9,005 Views

11 Pages

A Versatile Tool for Stable Inhibition of microRNA Activity

Paride Pelucchi,
Valeria Tria,
Valentina Martino,
Davood Sabour,
Giovanni Bertalot,
Stefano Molgora,
Mira Palizban,
Martin Götte,
Ileana Zucchi and
Rolland A. Reinbold

Biology2013, 2(3), 861-871;https://doi.org/10.3390/biology2030861

28 June 2013

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small RNAs (18–22 nt) that post transcriptionally regulate gene expression by binding to complementary sequences on target mRNAs, resulting in translational repression or target degradation and gene silencing. As abe...

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Review

10 Citations

9,976 Views

20 Pages

Ordered and Ushered; the Assembly and Translocation of the Adhesive Type I and P Pili

James Lillington and
Gabriel Waksman

Biology2013, 2(3), 841-860;https://doi.org/10.3390/biology2030841

26 June 2013

Type I and P pili are chaperone-usher pili of uropathogenic Escherichia coli, which allow bacteria to adhere to host cell receptors. Pilus formation and secretion are orchestrated by two accessory proteins, a chaperone, which catalyses pilus subunit...

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