Title: Molecular aspects of host-pathogen interaction : fifty-fifth Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology : held at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, March 1997 /
Authors: McCrae, M.; Society for General Microbiology. 1997 :; Society for General Microbiology.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Viruses genetics; Proteins physiology; Bacteria genetics; Host-Parasite Interactions physiology; Receptors, Cell Surface; Host-Parasite Interactions; Cell receptors Congresses.; Host-virus relationships Congresses.; Host-bacteria relationships Congresses.
Abstract: An understanding of the relationship between a pathogen and its host is essential for the development of effective disease control measures. This volume focuses on interactions at the molecular level, specifically between the proteins of the infectious agent and the proteins of the host that has been invaded. Both viral and bacterial systems are considered, with specific examples illustrating the rapid advances being made in defining the molecular mechanisms underlying infection.
Contents: Protein-protein and protein-carbohydrate recognition / C. Chothia -- Picornavirus receptors, tropism and pathogenesis / D.J. Evans -- Cross-talk between Yersinia and eukaryotic cells / G.R. Cornelis -- Host-pathogen protein-protein interactions in Staphylococcus / T.J. Foster, O. Hartford and D. O'Donnell -- Mechanisms of microbial adhesion: the paradigm of Neisseriae / M. Virji -- Virus-host interactions in the control of the gene expression of nuclear replicating DNA viruses / R.D. Everett -- Regulation of human immunodeficiency virus gene expression by Tat / J. Karn, N.J. Keen and M.J. Churcher [and others] -- Chlamydia host and host cell interactions / M.E. Ward -- Control of type 1 fimbrial expression by a random genetic switch in Escherichia coli / C.J. Dorman, N.C. Nolan and S.G.J. Smith -- Viruses and the protein synthesis machinery of the cell: offence, defence and dependence / M.B. Mathews.