Biophysics of Infection

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Leake, Mark C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Σειρά: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 915
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Cell membranes.; Bacteriology.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Life Sciences.; Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.; Medical Microbiology.; Membrane Biology.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.

This book describes modern biophysical techniques that enable us to understand and examine dynamic processes of infection at the molecular level. Cutting-edge research articles, laboratory protocols, case studies and up-to-date reviews cover topics such as single-molecule observation of DNA replicat...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Biophysics of Infection
• Single-molecule observation of DNA replication repair pathways in E. coli
• Investigating the swimming of microbial pathogens using digital holography
• What is the ‘minimum inhibitory concentration’ (MIC) of pexiganan acting on Escherichia coli? – A cautionary case study
• Evolution of drug resistance in bacteria
• Using Biophysics to Monitor the Essential Proton motive Force in Bacteria
• The Type I restriction enzymes as barriers to horizontal gene transfer: determination of the DNA target sequences recognised by Livestock-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Complexes 133/ST771 and 398
• Biomechanical analysis of infectious biofilms
• Designing a single-molecule biophysics tool for characterizing DNA damage for techniques that kill infectious pathogens through DNA damage effects
• Bacterial Surfaces: Front Lines in Host-Pathogen Interaction
• Biophysical approaches to bacterial gene regulation by riboswitches
• Bugs on a slippery plane: Understanding the motility of microbial pathogens with mathematical modelling
• Transcription regulation and membrane stress management in enterobacterial pathogens
• How biophysics may help us understand the flagellar motor of bacteria which cause infections.
• Mechanics of bacterial cells and initial surface colonisation
• Neutron reflectivity as a tool for physics-based studies of model bacterial membranes
• Mechanisms of Salmonella Typhi host-restriction
• Insights into biological complexity from simple foundations
• Force spectroscopy in studying infection
• Imaging Immunity in Lymph Nodes: Past, Present and Future
• Bacterial pathogen biofilms: studying and manipulating evolution.