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Mycobacteria : molecular biology and virulence / edited by Colin Ratledge and Jeremy Dale.

Contributor(s): Ratledge, Colin [editor] | Dale, Jeremy (Jeremy W.) [editor].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford : Blackwell Science, 1999Copyright date: ©1999Description: x, 406 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780632053049 (hardback); 0632053046 (hardback).Subject(s): Mycobacterial diseases -- Molecular aspects | MycobacteriaDDC classification: 579.374
Contents:
Recombination -- Mobile genetic elements and plasmids: tools for genetic studies -- Mycobacteriophages -- Gene expression and regulation -- Genomics of mycobacterium tuberculosis and mycobacterium leprae -- Molecular epidemiology: human tuberculosis -- Molecular epidemiology: mycobacterium bovis -- Molecular epidemiology: other mycobacteria -- Molecular diagnostics -- Immunodiagnosis of mycobacterial infection -- Mycobacterial growth and dormancy -- Cell wall: physical structure and permeability -- The cell-wall core of mycobacterium: structure, biogenesis and genetics -- Iron metabolism -- Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in mycobacteria -- Immunotherapy for mycobacterial diseases -- Vaccines -- Mycobacerial antigens -- Mycobacterium and the seduction of the macrophase -- Cytokines in immunity to tuberculosis.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Tuberculosis continues to kills more people than any other single infective agent. The resurgence of the disease in many countries has produced a heightened awareness of the threat posed by mycobacterial infections. At the same time, there has been an explosion of knowledge of the fundamental properties of mycobacteria, most notably the determination of the complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

This book provides an up-to-date account of these developments in the molecular biology and immunology of mycobacteria, coupled with allied advances of a more applied nature, such as the use of molecular techniques for diagnosis and epidemiological investigations. With chapters contributed from an international team of experts, it will not only be an essential reference text for the expanding mycobacterial research community, but also will find a prominent place on the shelves of clinicians, infectious disease and public health specialists, diagnostic laboratories, postgraduate students and indeed anyone concerned with the management and investigation of outbreaks of tuberculosis.


Comprehensively covers recent advances in the molecular biology of the mycobacteria.
First book to be published on this subject since the publishing of the complete genome for the tubercle bacillus ( M. tuberculosis ).
Coincides with a worldwide resurgence of tuberculosis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Recombination -- Mobile genetic elements and plasmids: tools for genetic studies -- Mycobacteriophages -- Gene expression and regulation -- Genomics of mycobacterium tuberculosis and mycobacterium leprae -- Molecular epidemiology: human tuberculosis -- Molecular epidemiology: mycobacterium bovis -- Molecular epidemiology: other mycobacteria -- Molecular diagnostics -- Immunodiagnosis of mycobacterial infection -- Mycobacterial growth and dormancy -- Cell wall: physical structure and permeability -- The cell-wall core of mycobacterium: structure, biogenesis and genetics -- Iron metabolism -- Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in mycobacteria -- Immunotherapy for mycobacterial diseases -- Vaccines -- Mycobacerial antigens -- Mycobacterium and the seduction of the macrophase -- Cytokines in immunity to tuberculosis.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Molecular Biology
  • Recombination
  • Mobile Genetic Elements/Plasmids
  • Bacteriophages
  • Gene Expression And Regulation
  • Genome Sequencing
  • 2 Epidemiology And Diagnostics
  • Molecular Epidemiology - Human TB
  • Molecular Epidemiology - Animal TB
  • Molecular Epidemiology - Other Mycobacteria
  • Molecular Diagnostics
  • Immunodiagnostics
  • 3 Biology
  • (Molecular) Biology Of (Slow) Growth (Including Dormancy)
  • Cell Envelope: Physical Organization And Permeability
  • Cell Envelope: Chemistry, Biosynthesis And Interactions
  • Iron
  • Antibiotic Action And Resistance
  • 4 Immunology And Virulence
  • Immunotherapy
  • Vaccines
  • Antigens
  • Macrophage Interactions
  • Virulence Determinants
  • Cytokine Responses

Author notes provided by Syndetics

C. Ratledge and J. W. Dale are the authors of Mycobacteria: Molecular Biology and Virulence, published by Wiley.

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