A short list of reliable, free external resources for learning more about bacterial adhesins. adhesins.com is not affiliated with any of these organisations.
Literature
- PubMed
The main free index of biomedical literature. The MeSH term "Adhesins, Bacterial" is a good starting search, or search for specific adhesins such as FimH, intimin or ClfA.
- NCBI Bookshelf
Free textbooks and reference works in microbiology and cell biology.
- Wikipedia: Adhesin
A general introduction with links to sources; useful as a starting point before reading reviews.
Protein and structure databases
- RCSB Protein Data Bank
3D structures of proteins, including many adhesin and pilus structures (search "FimH", "PapG" or "intimin").
- UniProt
Curated protein sequences and functional annotation for adhesins and their host receptors.
- InterPro (includes Pfam)
Protein family and domain classification, useful for recognising adhesin domains in sequences.
Pathogen genomics
- BV-BRC
The Bacterial and Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center (successor to PATRIC) for comparative genomics of bacterial pathogens.
- PubMLST
Population genomics and typing databases for many bacterial species.
Public health context
- WHO: Antimicrobial resistance
Background on antimicrobial resistance, one reason anti-adhesion strategies are being explored.
- CDC: Antimicrobial resistance
US public-health information on resistant infections.
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