Parasitic Protozoa Membranes: Structure, Singularities and Host-Pathogen Interaction, Volume 95 in the Current Topics in Membranes series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Series page - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Chapter One: Entamoeba histolytica: Plasma membrane components and virulence factors in the invasive process - p. 1 9. Chapter Two: Membrane dynamics in giardia: Structure, function, and host interactions - p. 35 10. Chapter Three: Structural and functional aspects of membranes and organelles of Trichomonas vaginalis - p. 89 11. Chapter Four: Structure and molecular composition of Toxoplasma gondii pellicle - p. 133 12. Chapter Five: Trypanosoma cruzi membrane proteins and host cell invasion - p. 159 13. Chapter Six: Trypanosoma cruzi surface components: Why so many? Why so polymorphic? - p. 175 14. Chapter Seven: Leishmania plasma membrane – general composition, structure and biological functions - p. 215 15. Chapter Eight: Key proteins of the plasma membrane of Leishmania spp - p. 249 16. Chapter Nine: Membrane-associated glycoconjugates in parasitic protozoa: The central role of lipophosphoglycan in Leishmania - p. 267 17. Chapter Ten: Nutrient acquisition at the membrane interface: Trypanosomatids subverting host defenses - p. 289
Parasitic Protozoa Membranes: Structure, Singularities and Host-Pathogen Interaction, Volume 95 in the Current Topics in Membranes series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Series page - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Chapter One: Entamoeba histolytica: Plasma membrane components and virulence factors in the invasive process - p. 1 9. Chapter Two: Membrane dynamics in giardia: Structure, function, and host interactions - p. 35 10. Chapter Three: Structural and functional aspects of membranes and organelles of Trichomonas vaginalis - p. 89 11. Chapter Four: Structure and molecular composition of Toxoplasma gondii pellicle - p. 133 12. Chapter Five: Trypanosoma cruzi membrane proteins and host cell invasion - p. 159 13. Chapter Six: Trypanosoma cruzi surface components: Why so many? Why so polymorphic? - p. 175 14. Chapter Seven: Leishmania plasma membrane – general composition, structure and biological functions - p. 215 15. Chapter Eight: Key proteins of the plasma membrane of Leishmania spp - p. 249 16. Chapter Nine: Membrane-associated glycoconjugates in parasitic protozoa: The central role of lipophosphoglycan in Leishmania - p. 267 17. Chapter Ten: Nutrient acquisition at the membrane interface: Trypanosomatids subverting host defenses - p. 289
