Host-Microbe Interactions

1st Edition, Volume 142 - August 2, 2016
Editors: Michael San Francisco, Brian San Francisco
Language: English
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Host-Microbe Interactions, the latest volume in the Progress in Molecular Biology series, provides a forum for the discussion of new discoveries, approaches, and ideas in molecular biology. It contains contributions from leaders in their respective fields, along with abundant references. This volume is dedicated to the subject of host-microbe interactions.

Contributors
Preface
Chapter One: Competition for Manganese at the Host–Pathogen Interface
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Imposition of Manganese Starvation by the Host
- 3. Bacterial Adaptation to Manganese Limitation
- 4. Impact of Manganese Limitation on Invading Microbes
- 5. Conclusions and Broader Impacts
Chapter Two: Microbial Virulence and Interactions With Metals
- Abstract
- 1. Iron
- 2. Copper
- 3. Manganese
- 4. Zinc
Chapter Three: Virulence Program of a Bacterial Plant Pathogen: The Dickeya Model
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Dickeya Ecology
- 3. The Virulence Determinants of D. Dadantii
- 4. Plant–Pathogen Interaction Process
- 5. Regulatory Mechanisms Coordinating the Virulence Program
- 6. Concluding Remarks
Chapter Four: Metabolism and Virulence Strategies in Dickeya–Host Interactions
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Dickeya Virulence Strategy
- 3. The Dickeya Catabolic Capacities
- 4. The Major Carbon Sources Assimilated by Bacteria in Plant Tissues
- 5. The Regulators Coordinating Virulence and Metabolism
- 6. Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Five: Multidrug Efflux Pumps in the Genus Erwinia: Physiology and Regulation of Efflux Pump Gene Expression
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Bacterial efflux pumps
- 3. Efflux pumps in Erwinia
- 4. Mechanism of regulation of efflux pump gene expression
- 5. Future directions
- Acknowledgements
Chapter Six: In Vitro Analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence Using Conditions That Mimic the Environment at Specific Infection Sites
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Virulence Factors Produced by P. aeruginosa
- 3. Specific Virulence Factors Affected By Host Conditions
- 4. Synthetic Media That Mimic Specific Host Environments
- 5. Conclusions
Chapter Seven: Host Responses to Biofilm
- Abstract
- 1. Host Immune Responses to Biofilm Constituents
- 2. Pathogenic Biofilms and Host Cells
- 3. Interactions of Commensal Biofilms With the Immune System
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Eight: Viral interactions with components of the splicing machinery
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Spliceosome
- 3. The Splicing Reaction
- 4. Viruses and Alternative Splicing
- 5. Retroviruses
- 6. Herpesviruses
- 7. Influenza Viruses
- 8. Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments
Chapter Nine: Insights From Genomics Into Spatial and Temporal Variation in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
- Abstract
- 1. Insights From Genomics Into Bd Variation
- 2. New Frontiers in Bd Genomics
- 3. Conclusions
Chapter Ten: Translational Activities to Enable NTD Vaccines
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Current Landscape of Vaccines for NTDs
- 3. Developmental Process for NTD Vaccines
- 4. Vaccine Embodiment—Going From an Antigen to a Deployable Vaccine
- 5. Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments
Index

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