Immune Recognition and Evasion: Molecular Aspects of Host–Parasite Interaction

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Page xiii, Lex H.T. Van der Ploeg, Charles R. Cantor, Henry J. Vogel
1 - Genomic Organization of the T Cell Receptor, Pages 3-15, AGNES CHAN, TAK W. MAK
2 - Contribution of Non-B DNA Structures to Switch Recombination in Immunoglobulin Genes, Pages 17-28, JOHANNA A. GRIFFIN, DAVID COLLIER
3 - Biological Consequences of Signal Transduction by Class II Molecules Encoded by the Major Histocompatibility Complex Ia, Pages 29-37, JOHN C. CAMBIER, KATHRIN R. LEHMANN
4 - Allelic Polymorphism of HLA Class II Antigens: Clues to the Molecular Basis of Autoimmunity, Pages 39-52, ANIMESH A. SINHA, HUGH O. McDEVITT
5 - Mimicry between HLA-B27 and Bacteria: A Spurious Finding or the Link Connecting HLA-B27 and Arthritogenic Bacteria?, Pages 53-60, DWIGHT H. KONO, JIN-HAI CHEN, ASAO NAKAYAMA, DAVID T.Y. YU
6 - Genetic Control of Predisposition to Helminth Infection, Pages 61-73, D. WAKELIN
7 - Recognition of Protein Antigens by Antibodies: Crystal Structure of Antibody Fab Fragments Complexed with Influenza Virus Neuraminidase, Pages 77-86, W.G. LAVER, P.M. COLMAN, G.M. AIR, R.G. WEBSTER, J.N. VARGHESE, A.T. BAKER, P.A. TULLOCH, W.R. TULIP
8 - Recognition of Influenza Antigens by Class I-Restricted Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, Pages 87-90, ALAIN TOWNSEND
9 - The Origin of the Autoimmune Pathology Associated with Trypanosoma cruzi Infection, Pages 91-103, H. EISEN, K. PETRY, W. VAN VOORHIS
10 - Advances toward a Vaccine against Schistosomiasis, Pages 105-122, RAYMOND J. PIERCE, CLAUDE AURIAULT, DENIS BOULANGER, MONIQUE CAPRON, DELPHINE GREZEL, JEAN-MARIE GRZYCH, FLORENCE VELGE-ROUSSEL, CLAUDIE VERWAERDE, ISABELLE WOLOWCZUK, ANDRÉ CAPRON
11 - Stress Proteins as Immune Targets in Bacterial and Parasitic Infections, Pages 123-130, RICHARD A. YOUNG
12 - Autocrine-Stimulated Immortalization of Lymphocytes by the Parasite Theileria parva, Pages 133-136,136a,139-148, R.O. WILLIAMS, D.A.E. DOBBELAERE
13 - Characteristics, Distribution, and Possible Evolutionary Importance of the Human Growth Hormone-Like Factor from Plerocercoids of the Tapeworm Genus Spirometra, Pages 149-159, C.K. PHARES, J.L. SHAFFER, M.L. HEIDRICK
14 - The Biochemical Basis of Cachexia of Infection, Pages 163-172, KEVIN J. TRACEY, ANTHONY CERAMI
15 - Escape from the Host Humoral Response: Examples from Two Microbial Pathogens, Pages 175-181, MAGDALENE SO, KAREN A. NORRIS, H.S. SEIFERT
16 - Multiphasic Antigenic Variation in the Bacterium that Causes Relapsing Fever, Pages 183-199, ALAN G. BARBOUR
17 - Mechanisms of Antigenic Variation in Plasmodium, Pages 201-206, THOMAS E. WELLEMS
18 - Genome Structure, Transcriptional Control, and Nuclear Organization in Trypanosoma brucei, Pages 207-224, DORIS B. TSE, STEPHANIE KLCO, LEX H.T. VAN DER PLOEG, CATHY SHEA, MARY GWO-SHU LEE, JIN HUANG, MICHAEL WEIDEN, GLORIA RUDENKO, KEITH GOTTESDIENER, STEVEN BROWN, HUI-MIM CHUNG, DAVID BISHOP, ALISON RATTRAY
19 - Antigenic Variation in Giardia lamblia, Pages 225-235, THEODORE E. NASH
20 - Recent Developments in the Analysis of Chromosome-Sized DNA and Their Application to Studies on Giardia lamblia and Trypanosoma brucei, Pages 237-244, CASSANDRA L. SMITH
21 - Identification and Comparison of Putative Chlamydial Promoter Elements, Pages 245-260, JOANNE N. ENGEL, DON GANEM
22 - The Double-Stranded RNA Virus of Giardia lamblia, Pages 261-268, ALICE L. WANG, ERIC S. FURFINE, C.C. WANG
23 - Viruses and Episomes of Leishmania, Pages 269-278, K. STUART, R. WEEKS, C. TRIPP, B. SMILEY, R. ALINE JR.
24 - gp63 as a Surface Metalloproteinase in Leishmania Virulence: Molecular Determinants of Proteolytic Activity and N-Glycosylation, Pages 279-293, K.-P. CHANG, G. CHAUDHURI, M. CHAUDHURI, K. KATAKURA
25 - Rational Design of Trypanocidal Drugs, Pages 295-304, FRED R. OPPERDOES, RIK K. WIERENGA, WIM G.J. HOL, PAUL A.M. MICHELS
Index, Pages 305-315