Pathogen-Host Interactions: Antigenic Variation v. Somatic Adaptations

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hsu, Ellen (Editor), Du Pasquier, Louis (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, 57
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Parasitology.; Cell biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Biomedicine.; Evolutionary Biology.; Cell Biology.

This volume provides in-depth reviews of model systems that exemplify the arms race in host-pathogen interactions. Somatic adaptations are responsible for the individualization of biological responses to the environment, and the continual struggle between host immune systems and invading pathogens h...