Biochemistry and molecular biology of parasites /

The study of parasitic organisms at the molecular level has yielded fascinating new insights of great medical, social, and economical importance, and has pointed the way for the treatment and prevention of the diseases they cause. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Parasites presents an up-to-dat...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Marr, J. Joseph (James Joseph), Müller, Miklós
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; San Diego : Academic Press, 1995.
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Table of Contents:
  • E. Ullu and T. Nilsen, Molecular Biology of Protozoan and Helminth Parasites.
  • F.R. Opperdoes, Carbohydrate and Energy Metabolism in Aerobic Protozoa.
  • G.H. Coombs and M. Muller, Energy Metabolism in Anaerobic Protozoa.
  • R. Komuniecki and B.G. Harris, Carbohydrate and Energy Metabolism in Helminths.
  • M.J. North and B.C. Lockwood, Amino Acid and Protein Metabolism.
  • R.L. Berens, E.C. Krug, and J.J. Marr, Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism.
  • C.J. Bacchi and N. Yarlett, Polyamine Metabolism.
  • W.R. Fish, Lipid and Membrane Metabolism of the Malaria Parasite and the African Trypanosome.
  • R. Docampo, Antioxidant Mechanisms.
  • J.W. Tracy and E.A. Vande Waa, Xenobiotic Metabolism.
  • S.J. Turco, Surface Constituents of Kinetoplastid Parasites.
  • D.P. Thompson and T.G. Geary, The Structure and Function of Helminth Surfaces.
  • M. Parsons, Protozoan Cell Organelles.
  • R.E. Davis and A.O.W. Stretton, Neurotransmitters of Helminths.
  • H.R. Gamble, R.H. Fetterer, and J.F. Urban, Reproduction and Development of Helminths.
  • J.F. Dubremetz and J.H. McKerrow, Invasion Mechanisms.
  • J.J. Marr and B. Ullman, Concepts of Chemotherapy.
  • Subject Index.