Molecular Paradigms of Infectious Disease A Bacterial Perspective /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Nickerson, Cheryl A. (Editor), Schurr, Michael. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-32901-7
Table of Contents:
  • 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.