Bacterial Immunoglobulin-binding Proteins

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages xv-xvii
Foreword, Pages xix-xx
CHAPTER 1 - Historical perspective, Pages 1-16
CHAPTER 2 - The type I bacterial immunoglobulin-binding protein: Staphylococcal protein A, Pages 17-28
CHAPTER 3 - The gene for staphylococcal protein A, Pages 29-39
CHAPTER 4 - Morphological distribution of Fc receptors on group A streptococci, Pages 41-56
CHAPTER 3 - Immunoglobulin G Fc receptors of group A streptococci, Pages 57-68
CHAPTER 6 - Type IIa and type IIb immunoglobulin-binding proteins associated with group A streptococci, Pages 69-81
CHAPTER 7 - Type II immunoglobulin receptor and its gene, Pages 83-99
CHAPTER 8 - Type III Fc immunoglobulin-binding proteins from a group C streptococcus: Isolation and characterization, Pages 101-112
CHAPTER 9 - Streptococcal protein G, Pages 113-126
CHAPTER 10 - Type III Fc receptors from streptococci of serological group L, Pages 127-131
CHAPTER 11 - Structure and evolution of the streptococcal genes encoding protein G, Pages 133-148
CHAPTER 12 - Type IV bacterial immunoglobulin-binding proteins, Pages 149-154
CHAPTER 13 - Type V Fc receptor from Streptococcus zooepidemicus, Pages 155-164
CHAPTER 14 - Isolation and characterization of a type VI bacterial immunoglobulin-binding protein, Pages 165-173
CHAPTER 15 - Antigenic relationships among bacterial immunoglobulin-binding proteins, Pages 175-186
CHAPTER 16 - Group A streptococcal immunoglobulin A Fc receptor, Pages 187-192
CHAPTER 17 - Protein Arp, the immunoglobulin A receptor of group A streptococci, Pages 193-200
CHAPTER 18 - Immunoglobulin A Fc-binding proteins associated with group B streptococci, Pages 201-224
CHAPTER 19 - Cloning and expression of the β protein gene of group B streptococci and a study of its product's binding capacity to human IgA, Pages 225-233
CHAPTER 20 - Immunoglobulin D-binding bacteria, Pages 235-242
CHAPTER 21 - Interaction of bacterial immunoglobulin receptors with sites in the Fab region, Pages 243-256
CHAPTER 22 - Receptor for immunoglobulins in Clostridium perfringens: Binding in the F(ab′)2 region, Pages 257-265
CHAPTER 23 - Protein L: A peptococcal cell wall protein with affinity for immunoglobulin light chains, Pages 267-278
CHAPTER 24 - Lymphocyte stimulation by bacterial Fc receptors, Pages 279-293
CHAPTER 25 - Complement activation and bacterial immunoglobulin-binding proteins, Pages 295-304
CHAPTER 26 - The nature of the interaction of bacterial Fc receptors and IgG, Pages 305-316
CHAPTER 27 - Relationships between human rheumatoid factors and types I, II, and III bacterial Fc receptors, Pages 317-334
CHAPTER 28 - Therapeutic extracorporeal immunoadsorption with type I Fc receptor in systemic lupus erythematosus, Pages 335-346
CHAPTER 29 - Bacterial Fc receptors as putative virulence factors, Pages 347-364
CHAPTER 30 - Potential role of the β antigen (IgA Fc-binding protein) in the pathogenesis of group B streptococcal infections, Pages 365-373
CHAPTER 31 - Fc receptors and the pathogenesis of bacterial infections in animals, Pages 375-396
Index, Pages 397-409