Parasitic flatworms
Subtitle: molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology and physiology
By: edited by Aaron G. Maule and Nikki J. Marks.
Contributors: Maule, Aaron G.; Marks, Nikki J.
Publisher: CABI Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780851990279
Subjects: Platyhelminthes.; Platyhelminths.; Cestode Infections.
Description: "Parasitic flatworms are the cause of a number of major diseases of medical and veterinary significance. Much recent research has focused on molecular biology and genomics. This book aims to review advances in our understanding of these and related topics such as flatworm biochemistry, immunology and physiology. Where appropriate comparisons are made between different parasitic flatworms and between parasitic and free living species."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The evolution of parasitism in flatworms / D.T.J. Littlewood; title: Genomes and genomics of parasitic flatworms / David A. Johnston; title: Genetic discrimination of echinococcus species and strains / Don P. McManus; title: Ribosomal DNA variation in parasitic flatworms / David Blair; title: Genetic studies on monogeneas with emphasis on gyrodactylus / Carey O. Cunningham and Iveta Matejusová; title: The schistosome transcriptome / Sergio Verjovski-Almeida and Ricardo DeMarco; title: Transgenic flatworms / Christoph G. Grevelding; title: Immunobiology of schistosomes / Sean G. Forrester and Edward J. Pearce; title: Cestode infection: immunological considerations from host and tapeworm perspectives / Derek M. McKay and Rodney A. Webb; title: Parasitic flatworms: signal transduction at the host-parasite interface / Timothy P. Yoshino, Jon J. Vermeire and Judith Humphries; title: Parasite effects on the snail host transcriptome / Matty Knight and Nithya Raghavan; title: Developments in the chemotherapy of parasitic flatworms / Gerald C. Coles; title: Drug resistance in schistosomes / Tim A. Day and Sanna Botros; title: Praziquantel: mechanism of action / Robert M. Greenberg; title: Cestode vaccine development / Marshall W. Lightowlers; title: The development of a schistosome vaccine / R. Alan Wilson and Patricia S. Coulson; title: Flatworm parasite proteomics / Russell M. Morphew, John Barrett and Peter M. Brophy; title: Proteases in trematode biology / John P. Dalton ... [et al.]; title: Signalling molecules and nerve-muscle function / Aaron G. Maule, Nikki J. Marks and Tim Day; title: Unusual aspects of metabolism in flatworm parasites / Aloysius G.M. Tielens and Jaap J. van Hellemond; title: Glycoconjugate structures / Manfred Wuhrer and Rudolf Geyer; title: Gene silencing in flatworms using rna interference / Patrick J. Skelly.