Pathogen-host interactions : antigenic variation v. somatic adaptations /: antigenic variation v. somatic adaptations. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ellen Hsu, Louis Du Pasquier.
• Editors: Hsu, Ellen; Du Pasquier, Louis
• Contents: Evolution of immunity and pathogens -- A host-pathogen interaction reduced to first principles: Antigenic variation in T. brucei -- Antigenic variation in Plasmodium falciparum -- Polymorphic mucin-like proteins in Schistosoma mansoni, a variable antigen and a key component of the compatibility between the schistosome and its snail host -- Fibrinogen-related proteins (FREP) in mollusks -- Somatic and germline diversification of a putative immunoreceptor within one phylum: Dscam in arthropods -- An immune effector system in the Protochordate gut sheds light on fundamental aspects of vertebrate immunity -- Variable lymphocyte receptors: a current view -- Antibody repertoire in fish -- Unique features of fish immune repertoires: particularities of the adaptive immunity within the largest group of vertebrates -- The evolution and structure of atypical T cell receptors -- Diversification of the primary antibody repertoire by AID-mediated gene conversion -- Antibody isotype switching in vertebrates.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 591.5249; Medicine; Host-parasite relationships -- Molecular aspects; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General; Host-Parasite Interactions; Biomedicine; Immunology; Evolutionary Biology; Cell Biology; Parasitology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Molecular Biology; Medical -- Parasitology; Evolution; Cellular biology (cytology); Medical parasitology; Immunology; Evolution (Biology); Cytology; Medical parasitology; Medical -- Immunology; Immunology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319208190; 3319208195
• Related ISBNs: 9783319208183; 3319208187; 9783319208183
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 10, 2015)
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