Pathogen-Host Interactions: Antigenic Variation v. Somatic Adaptations /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hsu, Ellen. (Editor), Du Pasquier, Louis. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, 57
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.