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Main description:
This volume provides an overview of host genetic factors that provide complete or partial resistance to infection, that influence the clinical outcome of infection, or that confer the capacity to remain healthy during infection. This book covers the most recent advances in the field and explores how progress in knowing the genetic basis of infectious diseases could lead to new insights in understanding and combating them.
Contents:
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.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Publication date: July, 2006
Pages: 664
Weight: 1272g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology
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