Pasteurella multocida - Molecular Biology, Toxins and Infection

This volume brings together contributions from experts in the field of Pasteurella research. Its covers areas such as comparative genomics, pathogenic mechanisms, bacterial proteomics, as well as a detailed description and analysis of PMT and its interaction with host tissues, cells, immune system, and signalling pathways.

List of contents

Preface.- Chapter 1 I.W. Wilkie, M. Harper, John D. Boyce, and B. Adler : Pasteurella multocida: Diseases and Pathogenesis.- Chapter 2 John D. Boyce, Torsten Seeman, Ben Adler, and Marina Harper: Pathogenomics of Pasteurella multocida.- Chapter 3 Marina Harper, John D. Boyce and Ben Adler: The Key Surface Components of Pasteurella multocida: Capsule and Lipopolysaccharide.- Chapter 4 Katharina Kubatzky: Pasteurella multocida and immune cells.- Chapter 5 Joachim H.C. Orth and Klaus Aktories: Molecular biology of Pasteurella multocida toxin.- Chapter 6 Brenda A. Wilson and Mengfei Ho: Pasteurella multocida toxin interaction with host cells: entry and cellular effects.- Chapter 7 Yasuhiko Horiguchi: Swine atrophic rhinitis caused by Pasteurella multocida toxin and Bordetella dermonecrotic toxin.- Chapter 8 Alistair Lax: The Pasteurella multocida toxin - a new paradigm for the link between bacterial infection and cancer.- Subject index

Product details

• Assisted by: Ben Adler (Editor), Klaus Aktories (Editor), Joachi H C Orth (Editor), Joachim H C Orth (Editor), Joachim H. C. Orth (Editor), Joachim H.C. Orth (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9783642438561
• ISBN: 978-3-642-43856-1
• No. of pages: 150
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 8 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 254 g
• Illustrations: X, 150 p.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology; Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Pharmacy; B, Mikrobiologie und Virologie, Pharmacology, Medical microbiology & virology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Medical Microbiology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, proteobacteria, hemorrhagic septicemia