Molecular Mechanisms of Parasite Invasion
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008. |
| Series: | Subcellular Biochemistry,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78267-6 |
Table of Contents:
- Tools and Experimental Approaches
- Current and Emerging Approaches to Studying Invasion in Apicomplexan Parasites
- Receptor-Ligand Interaction
- Microneme Proteins in Apicomplexans
- Erythrocyte Invasion by Plasmodium falciparum: Multiple Ligand-Receptor Interactions and Phenotypic Switching
- Role of the gp85/Trans-Sialidase Superfamily of Glycoproteins in the Interaction of Trypanosoma cruzi with Host Structures
- Signaling Pathways
- Calcium Regulation and Signaling in Apicomplexan Parasites
- Trypanosoma cruzi: Parasite and Host Cell Signaling during the Invasion Process
- Actin Dynamics: Host and Parasite
- Host Cell Actin Remodeling in Response to Cryptosporidium
- Host Cell Actin Remodeling in Response to Trypanosoma cruzi: Trypomastigote Versus Amastigote Entry
- Actin/Myosin-Based Gliding Motility in Apicomplexan Parasites
- Proteases
- Roles of Proteases during Invasion and Egress by Plasmodium and Toxoplasma
- Roles of Naturally Occurring Protease Inhibitors in the Modulation of Host Cell Signaling and Cellular Invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi
- The Parasitophorous Vacuole
- Biogenesis of and Activities at the Toxoplasma gondii Parasitophorous Vacuole Membrane
- The Role of Host Cell Lysosomes in Trypanosoma cruzi Invasion
- Leishmania Invasion and Phagosome Biogenesis
- Penetrating Biological Barriers
- Plasmodium Sporozoite Passage across the Sinusoidal Cell Layer
- Transepithelial Migration by Toxoplasma
- The Microsporidian Polar Tube and Its Role in Invasion
- Intestinal Invasion by Entamoeba histolytica.