Pathogen-Host Interactions: Antigenic Variation v. Somatic Adaptations

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Somatic adaptations are responsible for the individualization of biological responses to the environment, and the continual struggle between host immune systems and invading pathogens has given rise to corresponding processes that produce molecular variation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-08-23
Mått:155 x 235 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319371825

Utforska kategorier

Onkologi inom Medicin
Cellbiologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

Evolution of immunity and pathogens.- A host-pathogen interaction reduced to first principles: Antigenic variation in T. brucei.- Antigenic variation in Plasmodium falciparum.- Polymorphic mucin-like proteins in Schistosoma mansoni, a variable antigen and a key component of the compatibility between the schistosome and its snail host.- Fibrinogen-related proteins (FREP) in mollusks.- Somatic and germline diversification of a putative immunoreceptor within one phylum: Dscam in arthropods.- An immune effector system in the Protochordate gut sheds light on fundamental aspects of vertebrate immunity.- Variable lymphocyte receptors: a current view.- Antibody repertoire in fish.- Unique features of fish immune repertoires: particularities of the adaptive immunity within the largest group of vertebrates.- The evolution and structure of atypical T cell receptors.- Diversification of the primary antibody repertoire by AID-mediated gene conversion.- Antibody isotype switching in vertebrates.