Listeria monocytogenes: Pathogenesis and Host Response

This comprehensive volume, written by experts in the field, includes concise and timely reviews of Listeria monocytogenes, one of the most intensively studied bacterial pathogens. Listeria monocytogenes is the cause of listeriosis, a potentially fatal disease that arises from the consumption of cont...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Goldfine, Howard (Editor ), Shen, Hao (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Temas:
Microbiology.
Immunology.
Bacteria.
Cytology.
Veterinary medicine.
Food science.
Cell Biology.
Veterinary Science.
Food Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A 20-Year Perspective on Listeria monocytogenes Pathogenesis
  • Listeriosis
  • Listeria Genomics
  • Metabolism and Physiology of Listeria monocytogenes
  • The Cell Wall of Listeria monocytogenes and its Role in Pathogenicity
  • Environmental Reservoir and Transmission into the Mammalian Host
  • Regulation of Listeria monocytogenes Virulence Genes
  • Invasion of Host Cells by Listeria monocytogenes
  • Escape of Listeria monocytogenes from a Vacuole
  • Actin-Based Motility and Cell-to-Cell Spread of Listeria monocytogenes
  • Adaptive Immunity to Listeria monocytogenes
  • Immune Evasion and Modulation by Listeria monocytogenes
  • Bacteriophages of Listeria.

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