Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Parasites

Joseph Marr, Miklos Muller

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 1995
• Print ISBN:
  9780124733459
• eBook ISBN:
  9780080527888
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Biochemistry
• Index: Biological Sciences

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-date account of this modern scientific discipline in a manner that allows and encourages the reader to place the biochemistry and molecular biology of these organisms in their biological context. The chapters are cross-referenced and grouped in an arrangement that provides a fully integrated whole, and permits the reader to create a composite of the biochemical function of these organisms.Individual chapter includes those devoted to metabolism, in both aerobic and anaerobic protozoa; antioxidant mechanisms; parasite surfaces; organelles; invasion mechanisms; and chemotherapy. The helminths are discussed not only from the point of view of their cellular biochemistry and metabolism, but also with respect to both their integrated functions such as neurochemistry, structure and functions of surfaces, and reproduction. Written by expert investigators, this book will be of interest to all experienced researchers, graduate students, and to the newcomer eager to become familiar with the biochemistry and molecular biology of parasites.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Parasites
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Molecular Biology of Protozoan and Helminth Parasites
• Chapter 2. Carbohydrate and Energy Metabolism in Aerobic Protozoa
• Chapter 3. Energy Metabolism in Anaerobic Protozoa
• Chapter 4. Carbohydrate and Energy Metabolism in Helminths
• Chapter 5. Amino Acid and Protein Metabolism
• Chapter 6. Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism
• Chapter 7. Polyamine Metabolism
• Chapter 8. Lipid and Membrane Metabolism of the Malaria Parasite and the African Trypanosome
• Chapter 9. Antioxidant Mechanisms
• Chapter 10. Xenobiotic Metabolism
• Chapter 11. Surface Constituents of Kinetoplastid Parasites
• Chapter 12. The Structure and Function of Helminth Surfaces
• Chapter 13. Protozoan Cell Organelles
• Chapter 14. Neurotransmitters of Helminths
• Chapter 15. Reproduction and Development of Helminths
• Chapter 16. Invasion Mechanisms
• Chapter 17. Concepts of Chemotherapy
• Index