Molecular Paradigms of Infectious Disease

A Bacterial Perspective

AvCheryl A. Nickerson,Michael Schurr

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

Del i serien Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century

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Beskrivning

The book highlights key techniques and methodologies that have driven recent discoveries in bacterial pathogenesis, major structures and mechanisms in bacteria that are important for their pathogenesis, the regulation of these virulence determinants by global regulators, and bacterial biowarfare agents.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-11-19
Mått:155 x 235 x 36 mm
Vikt:984 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century
Antal sidor:646
Förlag:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN:9781441940421

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Innehållsförteckning

Genetic Analysis of Bacterial Pathogenesis.- Genetic Exchange in Bacteria and the Modular Structure of Mobile DNA Elements.- Genomics and the Use of Genomic Tools to Study Pathogenic Bacteria.- Pathogenicity Islands and Bacterial Virulence.- Capsules.- Bacterial Cell Walls.- Mechanisms of Bacterial Adhesion and Consequences of Attachment.- Bacterial Invasion into Non-Phagocytic Cells.- Bacterial Protein Secretion Mechanisms.- Toxins as Host Cell Modulators.- Quorum Sensing: Coordinating Group Behavior Through Intercellular Signals.- The Role of Sigma Factors in Regulating Bacterial Stress Responses and Pathogenesis.- Two-Component Regulatory Systems.- Oxidative Stress Systems in Bacteria: Four Model Organisms.- Bacterial Biowarfare Agents.