Molecular medical parisitology
By: edited by J. Joseph Marr, Timothy W. Nilsen, Richard W. Komuniecki.
Contributors: Marr, J. Joseph; Nilsen, Timothy W.; Komuniecki, Richard.
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
Subjects: Protozoa; Helminths; Molecular Biology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sect. I. Molecular Biology; title: Ch. 1. Parasite genomics; title: Ch. 2. RNA processing in parasitic organisms: trans-splicing and RNA editing; title: Ch. 3. Transcription; title: Ch. 4. Post-transcriptional regulation; title: Ch. 5. Antigenic variation in African trypanosomes and malaria; title: Ch. 6. Genetic and genomic approaches to the analysis of leishmania virulence; title: Sect. II. Biochemistry and Cell Biology: Protozoa; title: Ch. 7. Energy metabolism; title: Ch. 8. Amino acid and protein metabolism; title: Ch. 9. Purine and pyrimidine transport and metabolism; title: Ch. 10. Trypanosomatid surface and secreted carbohydrates; title: Ch. 11. Intracellular signaling; title: Ch. 12. Plastids, mitochondria, and hydrogenosomes; title: Sect. III. Biochemistry and Cell Biology: Helminths; title: Ch. 13. Helminth surfaces: structural, molecular and functional properties; title: Ch. 14. Carbohydrate and energy metabolism in parasitic helminths; title: Ch. 15. Neurotransmitters; title: Sect. IV. Medical Applications; title: Ch. 16. Drug resistance in parasites; title: Ch. 17. Medical implications of molecular parasitology.