| Description |
xxx, 593 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Microbial pathogens : an overview / Pascale Cossart, Javier Pizarro-Cerda and Marc Lecuit -- Ch. 2. Bacterial human pathogen genomes : an overview / Stephen Bentley, Mohammed Sebaihia, Nicholas Thomson, Matthew Holden, Lisa Crossman, Kenneth Bell, Ana Cerdeno-Tarraga and Julian Parkhill -- Ch. 3. Cell biology : an overview / Dana Philpott and Patrice Boquet -- Ch. 4. Extracelluar matrix and host cell surfaces : potential sites of pathogen interaction / Klaus T. Preissner and G. Singh Chhatwal -- Ch. 5. Bacterial adherence to cell surfaces and extracelluar matrix / B. Brett Finlay and Michael Caparon -- Ch. 6. Molecular basis for cell adhesion and adhesion-mediated signaling / Benjamin Geiger, Avri Ben-Ze'ev, Eli Zamir and Alexander D. Bershadsky -- Ch. 7. Bacterial signaling to host cells through adhesion molecules and lipid rafts / Guy Tran Van Nhieu, Philippe J. Sansonetti and Frank Lafont -- Ch. 8. Host cell membrane structure and dynamics / Lynda M. Pierini and Frederick R. Maxfield -- Ch. 9. Membrane traffic in the endocytic pathway of eukaryotic cells / Michela Felberbaum-Corti, Raluca Flukiger-Gagescu and Jean Gruenberg -- Ch. 10. Where to stay inside the cell : a homesteader's guide to intracellular parasitism / David G. Russell -- Ch. 11. The actin cytoskeleton : regulation of actin filament assembly and disassembly / Frederick S. Southwick -- Ch. 12. Bacterial manipulation of the host cell cytoskeleton / Jennifer R. Robbins, David N. Baldwin, Sandra J. McCallum and Julie A. Theriot -- Ch. 13. Bacterial toxins / Mariagrazia Pizza, Vega Masignani and Rino Rappuoli -- Ch. 14. Bacterial protein toxins as tools in cell biology and pharmacology / Klaus Aktories -- Ch. 15. Type III secretion systems in animal- and plant-interacting bacteria / Matthew S. Francis, Kurt Schesser, Ake Forsberg and Hans Wolf-Watz -- Ch. 16. Bacterial type IV secretion systems : DNA conjugation machines adapted for export of virulence factors / Peter J. Christie and Antonello Covacci -- Ch. 17. Induction of apoptosis by microbial pathogens / Jeremy E. Moss, Ilona Idanpaan-Heikkila and Arturo Zychlinsky -- Ch. 18. Interaction of pathogens with the innate and adaptive immune system / Emil R. Unanue and Ennio De Gregorio -- Ch. 19. Electron microscopy / Chantal de Chastellier -- Ch. 20. New tools for virulence gene discovery / Timothy K. McDaniel and Raphael H. Valdivia -- Ch. 21. Genome-wide approaches to studying prokaryotic biology / Su L. Chiang and Stephen Lory -- Ch. 22. Cell biology of virus infection / Mark Marsh -- Ch. 23. Use of simple nonvertebrate hosts to model mammalian pathogenesis / Costi D. Sifri and Frederick M. Ausubel |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Virulence (Microbiology)
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Infection.
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Host-bacteria relationships.
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Pathology, Cellular.
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| Author |
Cossart, Pascale.
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| LC no. |
2004054763 |
| ISBN |
155581302X hardback |
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