Genome plasticity and infectious diseases

✍ Scribed by Jörg Hacker; Ulrich Dobrindt; Reinhard Kurth

Publisher: ASM Press
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 404
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content: Impact of genome plasticity on adaptation of Escherichia coli during urinary bladder colonization / Ulrich Dobrindt, Jaroslaw Zdziarski, Jörg Hacker --
Genotypic changes in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli during human infection / Alexander Mellmann, Martina Bielaszewska, and Helge Karch --
Genomic fluidity of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori / Niyaz Ahmed ... [et al.] --
Genome structure and variability in coagulase-negative staphylococci / Wilma Ziebuhr --
Genome plasticity in Legionella pnuemophila and Legionella longbeachae: impact on host cell exploitation / L. Gomez Valero, C. Rusniok, and C. Buchrieser --
Genome plasticity in Salmonella enterica and its relevance to host-pathogen interactions / Rosana B. Ferreira, Michelle M. Buckner, and B. Brett Finlay --
Mechanisms of genome plasticity in Neisseria meningitidis: fighting change with change / Roland Schwarz ... [et al.] --
Selfish elements and self-defense in the Enterococci / Kelli L. Palmer and Michael S. Gilmore --
Host-driven plasticity of the human immunodeficiency virus genome / Stephen Norley and Reinhard Kurth --
Genome plasticity of influenza viruses / Silke Stertz and Peter Palese --
Plasticity of the hepatitis C virus genome / Joerg Timm and Michael Roggendorf --
Genome diversity and host interaction of noroviruses / Eckard Schreier --
Genome diversity and evolution of rotaviruses / Jelle Matthijnssens and Ulrich Desselberger --
Genome plasticity of papillomaviruses / Hans-Ulrich Bernard --
Genome plasticity of herpesviruses: conservative yet flexible / Mirko Trilling, Vu Thuy Khanh Le, and Hartmut Hengel --
Genome diversity, population genetics, and evolution of malaria parasites / Xin-zhuan Su and Deirdre A. Joy --
The fundamental contribution of genome hypervariability to the success of a eukaryotic pathogen, Trypanosoma brucei / J. David Barry --
Genome plasticity in Candida albicans / Claude Pujol and David R. Soll --
Genome plasticity of Aspergillus species / Thorsten Heinekamp and Axel A. Brakhage --
DNA polymorphisms and their relevance for infections with human cytomegalovirus and Aspergillus fumigatus / Markus Mezger, Hermann Einsele, and Juergen Loeffler --
Host genetic variation, innate immunity, and susceptibility to urinary tract infection / Bryndís Ragnarsdóttir and Catharina Svanborg.

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