Genetic analysis of bacterial pathogenesis -- Genetic exchance 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
Summary
Infectious diseases caused by bacterial pathogens are a leading cause of human illness and death worldwide. This volume provides an understanding of the complex cellular and molecular processes that are important for bacterial virulence and the infectious disease process
Analysis
bacteriologie
bacteriology
immunologie
immunology
infectieziekten
infectious diseases
microbiologie
microbiology
levenswetenschappen
life sciences
Biology (General)
Biologie (algemeen)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
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