Human and Animal Relationships

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Brakhage, Axel A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Zipfel, Peter F. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Έκδοση: 2.
• Σειρά: The Mycota, A Comprehensive Treatise on Fungi as Experimental Systems for Basic and Applied Research ; 6
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Cell biology.; Microbiology.; Animal physiology.; Mycology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Physiology.; Cell Biology.; Medical Microbiology.

Pathogenic fungi are widely distributed and can infect many organisms, particularly humans, but also other vertebrates and insects. Due to a growing number of fungal infections, there is an increasing need to understand the interaction of pathogenic fungi with their hosts. This second completely upd...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Pathogens
• Trichomycetes and the Arthropod Gut
• Opportunistic Mold Infections
• Entomopathogenic Fungi: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Physiology and Metabolic Requirements of Pathogenic Fungi
• CO2 Sensing and Virulence of Candida albicans
• Hyphal Growth and Virulence in Candida albicans
• Pathogenicity of Malassezia Yeasts
• Techniques
• Proteomics and its Application to the Human-Pathogenic Fungi Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans
• Transcriptomics of the Fungal Pathogens, Focusing on Candida albicans
• Host
• Yeast Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts
• The Host Innate Immune Response to Pathogenic Candida albicans and Other Fungal Pathogens
• Toll-Like Receptors and Fungal Recognition
• Clinical Aspects of Dermatophyte Infections.