Tuberculosis: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

InhaltsangabeTuberculosis - Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry: Introduction Biochemistry of the Cell Wall Glycolipids and Polyketides of M. tuberculosis Physiology of M. tuberculosis Nutrient Transport Iron Uptake by M. tuberculosis Protein Transport PE and PPE Gene Family Members in M. tuberculosis Virulence/Persistence Mechanisms of M. tuberculosis Genomics Transcriptomics and Transcriptional Regulation Proteomics of M. tuberculosis Structure Molecular Mechanisms of Dormancy and Resuscitation M. tuberculosis in the Phagosome Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Resistance of M. tuberculosis Experimental Genetics of M. tuberculosis Molecular Evolution of Mycobacteria

Prof. Dr. Stefan H.E. Kaufmann is Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin. He has published more than 600 scientific articles and is member of numerous scientific societies and committees e.g. current President of the European Federation of Immunological Societies, and Chair of the Immunology division of the American Society of Microbiology. He has won numerous prestigious awards including the Scientific Prize of Smith Kline Beecham and the Pettenkofer Prize. Eric Rubin is Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard School of Public Health. He carried out both his MD and PhD work at Tufts University.