Iron and Infection - Molecular, Physiological and Clinical Aspects

Interest in the relationship between iron and infection has increased in recent years has become an active area of research. Featuring revised chapters, this second edition presents the most relevant advances in the biochemistry, microbiology, molecular genetics and clinical science of the topic.

List of contents

Iron in Biological Systems (E. Griffiths).

Iron Proteins (R. Evans, et al.).

The Iron-uptake Systems of Pathogenic Bacteria, Fungi and Protozoa (E. Griffiths & P. Williams).

Iron as a Regulatory Signal (E. Griffiths & H. Chart).

Molecular Genetics of Iron Transport as a Component of Bacterial Virulence (J. Crosa).

Iron and the Immune System (J. Brock).

Iron-binding Proteins and Host Defence (J. Bullen & E. Griffiths).

Clinical and Physiological Aspects (C. Ward & J. Bullen).

Iron and Infection: Future Prospects (E. Griffiths & J. Bullen).

Appendices.

Index.

Product details

• Authors: Bullen, J. J. Bullen
• Assisted by: D. J. Bullen (Editor), J. J. Bullen (Editor), E. Griffiths (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780471939405
• ISBN: 978-0-471-93940-5
• No. of pages: 526
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine