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Titolo: | Genome plasticity and infectious diseases [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jörg Hacker, Ulrich Dobrindt, Reinhard Kurth |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC, : ASM Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (404 p.) |
Disciplina: | 362.1969 |
Soggetto topico: | Communicable diseases - Genetic aspects |
Microbial genomes | |
Pathogenic microorganisms - Genetics | |
Altri autori: | HackerJörg (Jörg Hinrich) DobrindtUlrich KurthReinhard <1942-> |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; I. Bacterial Infections; 1. Impact Of Genome Plasticity On Adaption Of; REDUCTIVE EVOLUTION OF E. COLI: ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA AS AN EXAMPLE OF BACTERIAL ADAPTATION TO PROLONGED IN VIVO GROWTH IN THE URINARY TRACT; IMPACT OF GENOMIC CHANGES ON BACTERIUM-HOST INTERACTION AND FITNESS; INTRAVESICLE GROWTH AFFECTS THE MOTILITY OF E. COLI; INTRAVESICLE GROWTH AFFECTS BACTERIAL GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS AND METABOLISM OF E. COLI; ANALYSIS OF HOST FACTORS AND THEIR IMPACT ON ADAPTATION OF E. COLI; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
REFERENCES 2. Genotypic Changes In Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli During Human Infection; EHEC: OVERVIEW OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL PATHOGENESIS; GENOMES OF EHEC; IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC CHANGES DURING EHEC INFECTIONS; INTERSEROTYPE DIFFERENCES IN CONVERSION OF EHEC TO EHEC-LST; CONSEQUENCES OF IN VIVO GENETIC CHANGES IN EHEC; DOES stx LOSS MITIGATE CLINICAL OUTCOME?; EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS AND ADAPTATION; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCE; 3. Genomic Fluidity Of The Human Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori; THE HELICOBACTER GENOMES | |
GENETIC MECHANISMS UNDERLYING GENOME DIVERSITY IN H. PYLORIGENOMIC ISLANDS OF H. PYLORI; FUNCTIONAL RELEVANCE OF THE PLASTIC GENOMES OF H. PYLORI; GENOMIC FLUIDITY OF H. PYLORI: CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS; PERSPECTIVES; REFERENCES; 4. Genome Structure And Variability in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci; FITNESS AND VIRULENCE-ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF CoNS; THE oriC ENVIRON OF CoNS GENOMES: A HOT SPOT FOR GENOME REARRANGEMENTS; CoNS HAVE AN UNBALANCED GENOME STRUCTURE; CoNS GENOMES AND MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENTS; EXTENSIVE HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER AMONG CoNS AND MECHANISMS OF ITS LIMITATION | |
BIOFILM FORMATION ON MEDICAL DEVICES AND EVASION OF HOST DEFENSES BY CoNSPHENOTYPIC AND GENETIC INSTABILITY OF CoNS; CLINICAL IMPACT OF CoNS HETEROGENEOUS GENE EXPRESSION AND GENOME VARIABILITY; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 5. Genome Plasticity In Legionella pneumophila And Legionella longbeachae: Impact On Host Cell Exploitation; GENERAL FEATURES OF THE L. PNEUMOPHILA AND L. LONGBEACHAE GENOMES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION: SPECIFICITIES AND COMMON FEATURES OF L. PNEUMOPHILA AND L. LONGBEACHAE; EVOLUTION OF EUKARYOTIC EFFECTORS: ACQUISITION BY HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |
REFERENCES6. Genome Plasticity In Salmonella enterica And Its Relevance To Host-Pathogen Interactions; GENETIC MECHANISMS LEADING TO PLASTICITY AND HOST ADAPTATION IN SALMONELLA; GENOME ORGANIZATION IN SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SEROVARS AND HOST ADAPTATION; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 7. Mechanisms Of Genome Plasticity In Neisseria meningitidis: Fighting Change With Change; GENETIC VARIABILITY AT THE POPULATION LEVEL; GENOME PLASTICITY IN THE PREGENOMIC ERA; THE SEQUENCED GENOMES OF N. MENINGITIDIS: AN OVERVIEW; GENERATION OF GENOME VARIABILITY IN N. MENINGITIDIS | |
GENETIC BASIS OF VIRULENCE IN N. MENINGITIDIS | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Comprehensive examination of the current understanding of pathogen adaptation and microevolution. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Genome plasticity and infectious diseases |
ISBN: | 1-68367-093-0 |
1-283-65649-3 | |
1-55581-721-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910830185003321 |
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