Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Parasites / Биохимия и молекулярная биология паразитов
Год: 1995
Автор: Marr J., Muller M. (eds) / Марр Д., Мюллер М. (ред.)
Жанр: Биохимия
Издательство: Academic Press
ISBN: 012473345X
Язык: Английский
Формат: PDF
Качество: Изначально компьютерное (eBook)
Количество страниц: 349 pages
Описание: The study of parasitic organisms at the molecular level has yielded fascinating new insights of great medical, social, and economical importance, and has pointed the way for the treatment and prevention of the diseases they cause. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Parasites presents an up-to-date account of this modern scientific discipline in a manner that allows and encourages the reader to place the biochemistry and molecular biology of these organisms in their biological context. The chapters are cross-referenced and grouped in an arrangement that provides a fully integrated whole, and permits the reader to create a composite of the biochemical function of these organisms.
Individual chapter includes those devoted to metabolism, in both aerobic and anaerobic protozoa; antioxidant mechanisms; parasite surfaces; organelles; invasion mechanisms; and chemotherapy. The helminths are discussed not only from the point of view of their cellular biochemistry and metabolism, but also with respect to both their integrated functions such as neurochemistry, structure and functions of surfaces, and reproduction. Written by expert investigators, this book will be of interest to all experienced researchers, graduate students, and to the newcomer eager to become familiar with the biochemistry and molecular biology of parasites.
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Contents
Contributors vii
Preface ix
1 Molecular Biology of Protozoan and Helminth Parasites 1
E. Ullu and T. Nilsen
2 Carbohydrate and Energy Metabolism in Aerobic Protozoa 19
F.R. Op per does
3 Energy Metabolism in Anaerobic Protozoa 33
G.H. Coombs and M. Miiller
4 Carbohydrate and Energy Metabolism in Helminths 49
R. Komuniecki and B. G. Harris
5 Amino Acid and Protein Metabolism 67
M. J. North and В. C. Lockwood
6 Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism 89
R. L. Berens, E. C. Krug and J. J. Marr
7 Polyamine Metabolism 119
C. J. Bacchi and N. Yarlett
8 Lipid and Membrane Metabolism of the Malaria Parasite and theAfrican Trypanosome 133
W. R. Fish
9 Antioxidant Mechanisms 147
R. Docampo
10 Xenobiotic Metabolism 161
J. W. Tracy and E. A. Vande Waa
11 Surface Constituents of Kinetoplastid Parasites 177
S. J. Turco
12 The Structure and Function of Helminth Surfaces 203
D. P. Thompson and T. G. Geary
13 Protozoan Cell Organelles 233
M. Parsons
14 Neurotransmitters of Helminths 257
R. E. Davis and A. 0. W. Stretton
15 Reproduction and Development of Helminths 289
H. R. Gamble, R. H, Fetterer and J. F. Urban
16 Invasion Mechanisms 307
J. F. Dubremetz and J. H. McKerrow
17 Concepts of Chemotherapy 323
J. J. Marr and B. Ullman
Index
Доп. информация: Полное название книги - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Parasites. Книга написана под редакцией Joseph Marr и Miklos Muller. Изучение паразитических организмов на молекулярном уровне привело к открытию невероятных закономерностей в биологии живых существ и имеет огромное применение в лечение болезней, которые они вызывают. Очень интересная книга о биохимии и молекулярной биологии самых разнообразных паразитов: от паразитических простейших до червей-гельминтов.
