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Parasitic flatworms : molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology and physiology /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: C.A.B. International
Other Authors: Maule, Aaron G., Marks, Nikki J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., [2006]
Subjects:
Platyhelminthes.
Platyhelminths.
Cestode Infections.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The evolution of parasitism in flatworms
  • Genomes and genomics of parasitic flatworms
  • Genetic discrimination of Echinococcus species and strains
  • Ribosomal DNA variation in parasitic flatworms
  • Genetic studies on monogeneans with emphasis on Gyrodactyluś
  • The schistosome transcriptome
  • Transgenic flatworms
  • Immunobiology of schistosomes
  • Cestode infection : immunological considerations from host and tapeworm perspectives
  • Signal transduction at the host-parasite interface
  • Parasite effects on the snail host transcriptome
  • Developments in the chemotherapy of parasitic flatworms
  • Drug resistance in schistosomes
  • Praziquantel : mechanism of action
  • Cestode vaccine development
  • The development of a schistosome vaccine
  • Flatworm parasite proteomics
  • Proteases in trematode biology
  • Signalling molecules and nerve-muscle function
  • Unusual aspects of metabolism in flatworm parasites
  • Glycoconjugate structures
  • Gene silencing in flatworms using RNA interference