Research Catalog

Title

Molecular genetics of bacterial pathogenesis : a tribute to Stanley Falkow / editors, Virginia L. Miller [and others].

Publication

Washington, DC : ASM Press, [1994], ©1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Falkow, Stanley.
• Miller, Virginia L.

Description

xl, 529 pages : illustrations; 27 cm

Subjects

• Molecular Biology
• Virulence
• Bacterial diseases > Pathogenesis
• Virulence (Microbiology)
• Pathology, Molecular
• Bacterial Infections

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Foreword / John Mekalanos -- Research and Training Legacy of Stanley Falkow / James B. Kaper and Virginia L. Miller -- A Look through the Retrospectoscope / Stanley Falkow -- 1. Molecular Nature, Conjugal Transfer, and Replication of Extrachromosomal Elements, 1961 to 1973 / Donald J. LeBlanc and Richard P. Silver -- 2. R Plasmids and Antibiotic Resistances / Lynn P. Elwell -- 3. Transposon Tn3, 1973 to 1980 / Fred Heffron and Ronald E. Gill -- 4. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, 1971 to 1979 / Magdalene So and Walter S. Dallas -- 5. Molecular Epidemiology: Development and Application of Molecular Methods To Solve Infectious Disease Mysteries / Lucy S. Tompkins -- 6. Adherence Mechanisms in Urinary Tract Infections / Richard A. Hull and Sheila I. Hull -- 7. Escherichia coli Type 1 Pili / Paul E. Orndorff -- 8. Mechanisms of Pilus Antigenic Variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Michael Koomey --
• 9. Type 4 Pili in the Families Moraxellaceae and Neisseriaceae / Carl F. Marrs -- 10. Genes for the Filamentous Hemagglutinin and Fimbriae of Bordetella pertussis: Colocation, Coregulation, and Cooperation? / Frits R. Mooi -- 11. Early Events in the Pathogenesis of Haemophilus influenzae Disease / Joseph W. St. Geme III -- 12. Molecular Pathogenesis of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli / James B. Kaper -- 13. Murine Colonic Hyperplasia / David B. Schauer -- 14. Genetic Approaches to Understanding Salmonella Pathogenicity / Catherine A. Lee -- 15. Mechanisms of Yersinia Entry into Mammalian Cells / Dorothy E. Pierson -- 16. Cell Biology of Salmonella Pathogenesis / B. Brett Finlay -- 17. Intracellular Trafficking of Legionella pneumophila within Phagocytic Cells / Ralph R. Isberg -- 18. Cellular Biology of Listeria monocytogenes Infection / Daniel A. Portnoy -- 19. Determinants of Chlamydial Pathogenesis and Immunity / Patrik M. Bavoil --
• 20. Genetic Analysis of the Escherichia coli K1 Capsule Gene Cluster / Richard P. Silver -- 21. Type III Capsular Polysaccharide of Group B Streptococci: Role in Virulence and the Molecular Basis of Capsule Expression / Craig E. Rubens -- 22. Unorthodox Secretion by Gram-Negative Bacteria / Alison Ann Weiss -- 23. Holistic Perspective on the Escherichia coli Hemolysin / Rodney A. Welch -- 24. Yops of the Pathogenic Yersinia spp / James B. Bliska -- 25. Role of Flagella in Campylobacter Pathogenesis / Patricia Guerry -- 26. Molecular Biology and Role in Disease of the Verotoxins (Shiga-Like Toxins) of Escherichia coli / Jim Brunton -- 27. Coordinate Regulation of Virulence in Bordetella pertussis Mediated by the vir (bvg) Locus / Scott Stibitz and Jeff F. Miller -- 28. Methylation-Dependent and Lrp-Dependent Fimbrial Gene Regulation in Escherichia coli / David A. Low -- 29. The Tao of Urease / Carleen M. Collins --
• 30. pJM1 Plasmid-Mediated Iron Transport-Virulence System of Vibrio anguillarum / Jorge H. Crosa -- 31. Role of Sucrose Metabolism in the Cariogenicity of the Mutans Streptococci / Donald J. LeBlanc -- 32. How Many Bacteria Does It Take To Cause Diarrhea and Why? / Pamela L. C. Small -- 33. Genetics as a Route toward Mucosal Vaccine Development / Gordon Dougan -- 34. Phylogenetic Diversity of Microbial Pathogens / David A. Relman.

ISBN

1555810829

LCCN

94019193

OCLC

• 30510168
• ocm30510168
• SCSB-4778054

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries