Yersinia : molecular and cellular biology

Section I. Evolution and Genomics of Yersinia pestis Chapter 1 The Yersinia pestis Chromosome Nicholas R.Thomson and Julian Parkhill 1 Chapter 2 Age, Descent and Genetic Diversity within Yersinia pestis Mark Achtman 20 Chapter 3 The Yersinia pestis-Specific Plasmids pFra and pPla Luther E.Lindler 36 Chapter 4 The Evolution of Flea-Borne Transmission in Yersinia pestis B.Joseph Hinnebusch 57 Section II. Cellular Biology of Yersinia Chapter 5 N-Acylhomoserine Lactone-Mediated Quorum Sensing in Yersinia Steven Atkinson, R.Elizabeth Sockett, Miguel Cلmara and Paul Williams 87 Chapter 6 The Invasin Protein of Enteropathogenic Yersinia Species: Integrin Binding and Role in Gastrointestinal Diseases Ka-Wing Wong, Penelope Barnes and Ralph R.Isberg 106 Chapter 7 Transcriptional Regulation in Yersinia: An Update Michael Marceau 126 Chapter 8 Identification of Yersinia Genes Expressed During Host Infection Andrew J.Darwin 174 Chapter 9 Immune Responses to Yersinia Erwin Bohn and Ingo B.Autenrieth 198Chapter 10 Superantigens of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Jun Abe 227 Section IIIA. Molecular Biology of Yersinia Chromosome-Encoded Factors Chapter 11 Lipopolysaccharides of Yersinia Mikael Skurnik 254 Chapter 12 Flagella: Organelles for Motility and Protein Secretion Glenn M.Young 288 Chapter 13 Iron and Heme Uptake Systems Robert D.Perry and Jacqueline D.Fetherston 305 Chapter 14 The High-Pathogenicity Island: A Broad-Host-Range Pathogenicity Island Biliana Lesic and Elisabeth Carniel 339 Chapter 15 YAPI, a New Pathogenicity Island in Enteropathogenic Yersiniae François Collyn, Michael Marceau and Michel Simonet 364 Section IIIB. Molecular Biology of Yersinia Plasmid-Encoded Factors Chapter 16 The pYV Plasmid and the Ysc-Yop Type III Secretion System Marie-Noëlle Marenne, Luیs Jaime Mota and Guy R.Cornelis 380 Chapter 17 The Plasminogen Activator Pla of Yersinia pestis: Localized Proteolysis and Systemic Spread Timo K.Korhonen, Maini Kukkonen, Ritva Virkola, Hannu Lang, Marjo Suomalainen, Pنivi Kyllِnen and Kaarina Lنhteenmنki 417 Chapter 18 Structure, Assembly and Applications of the Polymeric F1 Antigen of Yersinia pestis Sheila MacIntyre, Stefan D.Knight and Laura J.Fooks 435 Chapter 19 pVM82: A Conjugative Plasmid of the Enteric Yersinia that Contributes to Pathogenicity George B.Smirnov 491 Index 508