Molecular Paradigms of Infectious Disease A Bacterial Perspective - Nickerson, Cheryl A.; Schurr, Michael; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2006)
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.
Keywords: Microbiology; Infectious diseases; Immunology; Bacteriology; Microbiology; Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Bacteriology