Molecular Approaches to Malaria
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: August 26, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 542
ISBN-13: 9781555813307
Subjects: Infectious & contagious diseases; Science; Malaria; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; therapy; Infectious Diseases; Life Sciences - Biology - Molecular Biology; Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Molecular aspects; genetics
Description: Provides an overview of the rapid and significant developments that have occurred in malaria research, including the 2002 genome sequencing of Plasmodium falciparum and its mosquito vector, Anopheles gambiae. The book opens with an introduction to Plasmodium molecular biology, followed by several chapters on its genetics and evolution. The remaining five sections examine the intricate host-parasite relationship through comprehensive coverage of invasion and gamete formation; growth and metabolism; immune invasion; protection mechanisms; and the malaria vector.