Molecular Infection Biology: Interactions Between Microorganisms and Cells - Hardcover

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Joerg Hacker (PhD), studied biology at the University of Halle. In 1987 he was appointed Professor for Microbiology at the University of Wuerzburg, and since 1993 he has been a full Professor for Biology for Infectious Diseases and Head of the Institute for Infectious Disease Biology in Wuerzburg. He teaches Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis to undergraduates and graduate students of biology, pharmacy, and medicine, and his research is focused on molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis, gene regulation of microbial genes and studies on the evolution of pathogens. He is also a member of several editorial boards and scientific societies in different countries.

Juergen Heesemann (MD, PhD) studied physical chemistry (PhD) at the University of Hamburg and medicine (MD) at the University of Goettingen. From 1989 to 1995 he held the chair of Medical Microbiology of the University of Wuerzburg. Since 1996 he has been Professor of Medical Microbiology at the University of Munich where he teaches medical microbiology to undergraduate and graduate students of medicine and biology. Most of his research has been on the molecular analysis of pathogenesis of Yersinia enterocolitica including aspects of cellular microbiology, host immune response, vaccine development and evolution of pathogenicity. Juergen Heesemann is also a member of several editorial boards: Infection and Immunity, International Journal of Medical Microbiology, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

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Despite science's improved understanding of pathogenic microorganisms and their relationship to infectious diseases, the threat of new, emerging infectious agents and variants of known agents continues to grow. Molecular Infection Biology focuses on the cutting edge of the discipline, presenting the molecular and cellular aspects of infectious diseases by focusing on the exciting interactions between pathogenic microorganisms and their hosts.

Beginning with an overview of the most important and dangerous causative agents of infectious diseases, editors Jörg Hacker and Jürgen Heesemann demonstrate how microbial "weapons," pathogenicity factors, protein secretion machines, and surface variation systems work. Infectious diseases are discussed in light of recent advances in evolutionary and cellular microbiology, genomics, diagnostic techniques, and vaccine development. This volume also:
* Outlines molecular principles and methods to study prokaryotic and eukaryotic pathogens
* Examines molecular strategies used by pathogens to infect host organisms
* Describes putative mechanisms of evolution of pathogenic organisms
* Covers methods to analyze microbial pathogenicity, principles of gene regulation of virulence-associated genes, drug treatment and mechanisms of drug resistance, and molecular methods for diagnosis and epidemiology of infectious diseases

Investigators, specialists, clinicians, and graduate students in biology, pharmacy, and medicine will find Molecular Infection Biology an invaluable addition to their professional libraries.

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Despite science's improved understanding of pathogenic microorganisms and their relationship to infectious diseases, the threat of new, emerging infectious agents and variants of known agents continues to grow. Molecular Infection Biology focuses on the cutting edge of the discipline, presenting the molecular and cellular aspects of infectious diseases by focusing on the exciting interactions between pathogenic microorganisms and their hosts.
Beginning with an overview of the most important and dangerous causative agents of infectious diseases, editors Jörg Hacker and Jürgen Heesemann demonstrate how microbial "weapons," pathogenicity factors, protein secretion machines, and surface variation systems work. Infectious diseases are discussed in light of recent advances in evolutionary and cellular microbiology, genomics, diagnostic techniques, and vaccine development. This volume also:
* Outlines molecular principles and methods to study prokaryotic and eukaryotic pathogens
* Examines molecular strategies used by pathogens to infect host organisms
* Describes putative mechanisms of evolution of pathogenic organisms
* Covers methods to analyze microbial pathogenicity, principles of gene regulation of virulence-associated genes, drug treatment and mechanisms of drug resistance, and molecular methods for diagnosis and epidemiology of infectious diseases
Investigators, specialists, clinicians, and graduate students in biology, pharmacy, and medicine will find Molecular Infection Biology an invaluable addition to their professional libraries.