Molecular Mechanisms of Parasite Invasion

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Burleigh, Barbara A. (Editor ), Soldati, Dominique. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:Subcellular Biochemistry, 47
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78267-6
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.