Molecular Paradigms of Infectious Disease

A Bacterial Perspective

Cheryl A. Nickerson, Michael Schurr (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

646 Seiten

2010 | 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4419-4042-1 (ISBN)

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Infectious diseases caused by bacterial pathogens are a leading cause of human illness and death worldwide. The study of bacterial pathogenesis has changed dramatically over the last decade, as a result of revolutionary changes in biotechnology and our understanding of molecular and cellular biological systems. This volume is structured to emphasize paradigms of infectious disease that have emerged over the last 10 years and provides a fundamental understanding of the complex cellular and molecular processes that are important for bacterial virulence and the infectious disease process. 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.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.11.2010
Reihe/Serie	Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century
Zusatzinfo	6 Illustrations, color; 132 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 646 p. 138 illus., 6 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
ISBN-10	1-4419-4042-1 / 1441940421
ISBN-13	978-1-4419-4042-1 / 9781441940421
Zustand	Neuware