Toxoplasma : molecular and cellular biology /
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| Imprint: | Norfolk, UK : Horizon Bioscience, ©2007. |
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| Description: | xviii, 625 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6653846 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Part I. Overview
- 1. The Life Cycle of Toxoplasma gondii
- 2. Ultrastructure
- Part II. Pathogenesis, Immunology, and Virulence
- 3. Epidemiology, Diagnostics, and Chemotherapy
- 4. Ocular Toxoplasmosis: Clinical Features, Pathology, Pathogenesis, Animal Models, and Immune Responses
- 5. Congenital Toxoplasmosis
- 6. Innate Recognition and the Regulation of Protective Immunity to Toxoplasma gondii
- 7. Mechanisms of Immune Evasion
- 8. Apoptosis and Its Impact on the Parasite-Host Interaction
- 9. Pathogenicity and Virulence in Toxoplasma gondii
- 10. Cellular Response to Infection
- Part III. Genome and Genetics
- 11. Genetics and Genome Organization of Toxoplasma gondii
- 12. Evolution and Comparative Genomics of Toxoplasma gondii
- 13. Population Genetics, Sex, and the Emergence of Clonal Lines of Toxoplasma gondii
- 14. Manipulating the Toxoplasma Genome
- Part IV. Growth, Development, and Metabolism
- 15. Cell Cycle Control/Parasite Division
- 16. Toxoplasma Gene Regulation and Bradyzoite Development
- 17. Biology of Bradyzoites
- 18. Chromatin Remodeling
- 19. Lipid Synthesis and Uptake
- 20. Nucleotides and Amino Acids
- Part V. Organelles: Sorting, Content, and Function
- 21. Protein Targeting to the Apicoplast
- 22. The Metabolic Functions of the Mitochondrion and the Apicoplast
- 23. Microneme Protein Repertoire and Function
- 24. Proteomic Analysis of the Rhoptry Organelles of Toxoplasma gondii
- 25. Dense Granules of the Infectious Stages of Toxoplasma gondii: Their Central Role in the Host-Parasite Relationship
- 26. Calcium Homeostasis and Acidocalcisomes in Toxoplasma gondii
- Part VI. Cytoskeleton, Signaling, Motility, and Invasion
- 27. Tubulin, Microtubules, and Microtubule-associated Structures in Toxoplasma gondii
- 28. Molecular Motors
- 29. Actin Dynamics and Motility in Apicomplexans
- 30. Proteases of Toxoplasma gondii
- 31. The Toxoplasma gondii Parasitophorous Vacuole Membrane: Transactions at the Parasite-Host Interface
- Index
- Color Plate
