عنوان

Biology of chlamydia /

(Number (ISBN

3319712322

(Number (ISBN

9783319712321

Erroneous ISBN

3319712306

Erroneous ISBN

9783319712307

Title Proper

Biology of chlamydia /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Georg Häcker, editor.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cham, Switzerland :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (x, 237 pages)

Series Title

Current topics in microbiology and immunology,

Volume Designation

volume 412

ISSN of Series

0070-217X ;

Text of Note

The genus Chlamydia encompasses a number of species of obligate intracellular bacteria, including important human pathogens like the most common bacterial agent of sexually transmitted disease. This volume reviews current knowledge of chlamydial biology, covering the unusual structure of the bacteria - which alternate between metabolically almost inactive and fast-dividing forms. It also discusses the ways in which Chlamydia manipulates the host cytoskeleton and subverts the host cell's defence, and illustrates how genomics have begun to uncover the diversity and complexity of chlamydial strains that look very similar but may cause distinct forms of disease. Further, it describes how techniques are now finally being established that can genetically modify Chlamydia, and discusses why such modification is still very difficult and what progress we can expect. Lastly, it presents our current understanding of chlamydial disease: what do we know about chronic infections, what are the mechanisms of inflammatory damage, and what are the prospects of a vaccine? Written be specialists in these various areas, the book is a valuable work of reference for students and scientists with an interest in the molecular, cellular and immunobiology of these fascinating bacteria.

Title

Biology of chlamydia.

International Standard Book Number

9783319712307

Chlamydia.

Chlamydia.

Chlamydia.

HEALTH & FITNESS-- Diseases-- General.

MEDICAL-- Clinical Medicine.

MEDICAL-- Diseases.

MEDICAL-- Evidence-Based Medicine.

MEDICAL-- Internal Medicine.

HEA-- 039000

MED-- 014000

MED-- 022000

MED-- 045000

MED-- 112000

MKFM

MMFM

Number

Edition

Class number

Class number

Book number

Häcker, Georg

Date of Transaction

20200823103202.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

pn

Electronic name

[Book]

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