Pathogen Genomics Impact on Human Health

Pathogen Genomics Impact on Human Health / edited by Karen Joy Shaw.

Genome sequencing and analysis have yielded a rich harvest of fundamental information about pathogenesis and have raised significant new possibilities for effective therapeutic intervention. In Pathogen Genomics: Impact on Human Health, a panel of leading infectious disease researchers and pharmaceu...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Shaw, Karen Joy (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2002.
Edition:1st ed. 2002.
Series:Infectious Disease
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Medical microbiology.
Infectious diseases.
Pharmacology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • I Viruses
  • 1 Antiviral Drug Target Discovery with DNA Microarrays
  • 2 Chipping Away at HIV Pathogenesis
  • 3 Microarray Analysis of Human Papillomavirus Pathogenesis
  • 4 Ribozymes as Gene Therapeutic Agents for HIV/AIDS: A Potential Paradigm Shift
  • II Bacteria
  • 5 Genomics and New Technologies Applied to Antibacterial Drug Discovery
  • 6 Genomics of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex and BCG Vaccines
  • 7 Bacterial “Genes-to-Screens” in the Post-Genomic Era
  • 8 DNA Microarray Expression Analysis in Antibacterial Drug Discovery
  • 9 The Influence of Genomics on the Molecular Epidemiology of Nosocomial Pathogens
  • 10 Borrelia Genomics as a Tool for Studying Pathogenesis and Vaccine Development
  • III Fungi
  • 11 Antifungal Target Discovery and Evaluation: Lessons from Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • 12 Antifungal Drug Discovery: Old Drugs, New Tools
  • 13 Cryptococcus neoformans: A Molecular Model for the Study of Fungal Pathogenesis and Drug Discovery in the Genomic Era
  • 14 Antifungal Target Selection in Aspergillus nidulans: Using Bioinformatics to Make the Difference
  • 15 Functional Genomics of Histoplasma capsulatum: Dimorphism and Virulence
  • 16 Gene Finding in Coccidioides immitis: Searching for Immunogenic Proteins
  • IV Protozoa
  • 17 Toxoplasma gondii: A Model for Evolutionary Genomics and Chemotherapy
  • 18 The Molecular Biology and Pathogenicity of Entamoeba histolytica.

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