INDICE: Preface. Contributors. 1. Anthrax from 5000 BC to AD 2010 (Peter C.B. Turnbull and Sean V. Shadomy). 2. Outer Structures of the Bacillus anthracis Spore (Adam Driks and Michael Mallozzi). 3. Anthrax Spore Germination (Nathan Fisher, Katherine A. Carr, Jonathan D. Giebel, and Philip C. Hanna). 4. Genetic Manipulation Methods in Bacillus anthracis (Brian K. Janes and Scott Stibitz). 5. The Bacillus anthracis Genome (Timothy D. Read). 6. Bacillus anthracis Plasmids: Species Definition or Niche Adaptation? (David A. Rasko). 7. Iron Acquisition by Bacillus anthracis (Gleb Pishchany and Eric P. Skaar). 8. Anthrax Toxins (Mahtab Moayeri and Stephen H. Leppla). 9. Bacillus anthracis Virulence Gene Regulation (Jason M. Rall and Theresa M. Koehler). 10. The Interactions between Bacillus anthracis and Macrophages (Susan L. Welkos, Joel A. Bozue,and Christopher K. Cote). 11. Bacillus anthracis and Dendritic Cells: A Complicated Battle (Jean-Nicolas Tournier and Anne Quesnel-Hellmann). 12. Bacillus anthracis Dissemination through Hosts (Ian J. Glomski). 13. Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Anthrax in Humans (Jeannette Guarner and Carlos del Rio).14. Anthrax Vaccines (Elke Saile and Conrad P. Quinn). 15. Anthrax as a Weapon of War and Terrorism (Leonard A. Cole). Index.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-41011-0
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 337
- Fecha Publicación: 30/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés