Molecular Basis of Viral and Microbial Pathogenesis
[Book]
edited by Rudolf Rott, Werner Goebel.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1988
(ix, 185 pages 90 illustrations)
Colloquium der Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie 9.-11. April 1987 in Mosbach/Baden, 38.
Correlation Between Viroid Structure and Pathogenicity --;Antigenicity of the Influenza Haemagglutinin Membrane Glycoprotein --;Viral Glycoproteins as Determinants of Pathogenicity --;Virus Genes Involved in Host Range and Pathogenicity --;Molecular Heterogeneity of Pathogenic Herpus Viruses --;Recombination of Foreign (Viral) DNA with the Host Genome: Studies in Vivo and in a Cell-Free System --;Disorders of Cellular Neuro-Functions by Persistent Viral Infections --;Pathogenic Aspects of Measles Virus-Persistent Infections in Man --;Analysis of the Dual Lineage Specificity of E26 Avian Leukemia Virus --;Mx Gene Control of Influenza Virus Susceptibility --;Shiga and Shika-Like Toxins: A Family of Related Cytotoxins --;Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenicity in Shigella flexneri --;Antigenic Variation of Proteins on the Surface of Pathogenic Neisseriae --;Molecular and Antigenic Architecture of the Antiphagocytic Group A Streptococcal M Protein --;Bacterial Cytolysins that Form Transmembrane Pores --;Bacterial Cytolysins --;Extracellular Proteins and Virulence Factors --;Iron as a Signal in Bacterial Infections --;Clostridial Neurotoxins --;The Search for a Common Mode of Action --;Stage-Specifically Expressed Antigenes and Genes in Trypanosoma cruzi.
The avail- ability of new genetic and immunological techniques, especially recom- binant DNA methods and monoclonal antibody technology, has provided powerful tools for unravelling the genetic, biochemical and immunologi- cal basis of viral and microbial pathogenesis.