| Description |
xxii, 362 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Microbial Pathogens: an Overview / Pascale Cossart and Marc Lecuit -- Ch. 2. Cell Biology: an Overview / Patrice Boquet -- Ch. 3. Extracellular Matrix and Host Cell Surfaces: Potential Sites of Pathogen Interaction / Klaus T. Preissner and G. Singh Chhatwal -- Ch. 4. Bacterial Adherence to Cell Surfaces and Extracellular Matrix / B. Brett Finlay and Michael Caparon -- Ch. 5. Molecular Basis for Cell Adhesion and Adhesion-Mediated Signaling / Benjamin Geiger, Avri Ben-Ze'ev and Eli Zamir / [et al.] -- Ch. 6. Cell Adhesion Molecules and Bacterial Pathogens / Guy Tran Van Nhieu and Philippe J. Sansonetti -- Ch. 7. Membrane Trafficking in the Endocytic Pathway of Eukaryotic Cells / Raluca Gagescu and Jean Gruenberg -- Ch. 8. Where To Stay inside the Cell: a Homesteader's Guide to Intracellular Parasitism / David G. Russell -- Ch. 9. Actin Filaments: Self-Assembly and Regulatory Interactions / Frederick S. Southwick and Daniel L. Purich |
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Ch. 10. Bacterial Manipulation of the Host Cell Cytoskeleton / Sandra J. McCallum and Julie A. Theriot -- Ch. 11. Bacterial Toxins / Rino Rappuoli and Mariagrazia Pizza -- Ch. 12. Bacterial Protein Toxins as Tools in Cell Biology and Pharmacology / Klaus Aktories -- Ch. 13. Type III Secretion Systems in Animal- and Plant-Interacting Bacteria / Kurt Schesser, Matthew S. Francis and Ake Forsberg / [et al.] -- Ch. 14. Bacterial Type IV Secretion Systems: DNA Conjugation Machines Adapted for Export of Virulence Factors / Peter J. Christie and Antonello Covacci -- Ch. 15. Induction of Apoptosis by Microbial Pathogens / Jeremy E. Moss, Ilona Idanpaan-Heikkila and Arturo Zychlinsky -- Ch. 16. Interaction of Pathogens with the Innate and Adaptive Immune System / Emil R. Unanue -- Ch. 17. Microscopy / Chantal de Chastellier -- Ch. 18. Promising New Tools for Virulence Gene Discovery / Timothy K. McDaniel and Raphael H. Valdivia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Host-bacteria relationships.
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Pathology, Cellular.
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Infection.
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Virulence (Microbiology)
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| Author |
Cossart, Pascale.
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| LC no. |
99044931 |
| ISBN |
1555811574 (hc.) |
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