Francisella tularensis
Subtitle: a biodefense concern in the third millennium
By: edited by Yousef Abu Kwaik ... [et al.].
Contributors: Kwaik, Yousef Abu.; New York Academy of Sciences.
Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Publisher: Published by Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781573316910
Subjects: Tularemia; Francisella tularensis; Bioterrorism; Francisella tularensis; Bioterrorism; Francisella tularensis -- pathogenicity; Tularemia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Tularemia: history, epidemiology, pathogen physiology, and clinical manifestations / Anders Sjostedt; title: Molecular ecology, epidemiology and evolution of Francisella / Paul Keim and Anders Johannson; title: Genetics and genetic manipulations of F. tularensis / Tom Zahrt and Dara Frank; title: Genomics and metagenomics of f. tularensis / Richard Titball; title: The Francisella pathogenicity island / Francis Nano; title: Molecular and genetic bases of pathogenesis of F. tularensis / Karl Klose; title: Novel entry and trafficking of F. tularensis within macrophages / Daniel Clemens and Marcus Horwitz; title: Type II secretion and type IV pili of Francisella / Tina Guina and Ake Forsberg; title: Phase variation in Francisella tularensis / John Gunn and Robert Ernst; title: Triggering the inflammasomes by Francisella / Denise Monack; title: Animal models of tularemia / Richard Lyons; title: Mucosal immunity to Francisella / Dennis Metzger; title: Inflammation, innate and adaptive immunity, and vaccines to F. tularensis / Karen Elkins; title: Tularemia vaccines, past, current, and future / Wayne Conlan and Petra Oyston; title: New approaches to diagnosis and therapy of tularemia / Arne Tarnvik and May Chu; title: Biosafety and selectable markers for Francisella / Rick Tittbal, Arne Tarnvik, Anders Sjostedt.