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Molecular medical parasitology /

A valuable, new source, Molecular Medical Parasitology is the only text of its kind -- one that applies broad concepts and current scientific advances from both molecular biology and biochemistry to the study of parasitic organisms. An internationally renowned team of scientists and physicians place...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Marr, J. Joseph (James Joseph), Nilsen, Timothy W., Komuniecki, Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, �2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents include:
  • -RNA editing and processing
  • -Genomics
  • -Post-transcriptional gene regulation
  • -Genetic approaches to analysis of virulence
  • -Protozoa and Helminth energy metabolism
  • -Trypanosomatid surface carbohydrates
  • -Plastids, mitochondria and hydrogenosomes
  • -Neurotransmitters
  • -Drug resistance in parasites
  • -Medical implications of molecular parasitology.
  • Sect. I. Molecular Biology
  • Ch. 1. Parasite genomics
  • Ch. 2. RNA processing in parasitic organisms: trans-splicing and RNA editing
  • Ch. 3. Transcription
  • Ch. 4. Post-transcriptional regulation
  • Ch. 5. Antigenic variation in African trypanosomes and malaria
  • Ch. 6. Genetic and genomic approaches to the analysis of leishmania virulence
  • Sect. II. Biochemistry and Cell Biology: Protozoa
  • Ch. 7. Energy metabolism
  • Ch. 8. Amino acid and protein metabolism
  • Ch. 9. Purine and pyrimidine transport and metabolism
  • Ch. 10. Trypanosomatid surface and secreted carbohydrates
  • Ch. 11. Intracellular signaling
  • Ch. 12. Plastids, mitochondria, and hydrogenosomes
  • Sect. III. Biochemistry and Cell Biology: Helminths
  • Ch. 13. Helminth surfaces: structural, molecular and functional properties
  • Ch. 14. Carbohydrate and energy metabolism in parasitic helminths
  • Ch. 15. Neurotransmitters
  • Sect. IV. Medical Applications
  • Ch. 16. Drug resistance in parasites
  • Ch. 17. Medical implications of molecular parasitology.