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Contributors p. ix
1 New Insights into Determinants of Listeria Monocytogenes Virulence Olivier Dussurget p. 1
1 Introduction p. 2
2 Acquisition of Virulence Genes and Their Expression p. 4
3 Adaptation to Host Extracellular Compartments p. 7
4 Adhesion, Cell Invasion, and Intracellular Multiplication p. 9
5 Immunomodulation and Persistence p. 21
6 Virulence Determinants of Unknomn Function p. 24
7 Conclusion p. 24
Acknowledgments p. 25
References p. 26
2 Flagellar Motility in Bacteria: Structure and Function of Flagellar Motor Hiroyuki Terashima and Seiji Kojima and Michio Homma p. 39
1 Introduction p. 40
2 Basal Structure of Flagella as Motor p. 50
3 Torque Generation p. 61
4 Molecular Physiology of Motor p. 68
5 Conclusion p. 74
References p. 74
3 Programmed Cell Death in Plants: New Insights into Redox Regulation and the Role of Hydrogen Peroxide Ilya Gadjev and Julie M. Stone and Tsanko S. Gechev p. 87
1 Introduction p. 88
2 PCD in Plants p. 90
3 Hydrogen Peroxide and Other ROS as Signals Modulating Plant PCD p. 111
4 Concluding Remarks p. 129
Acknowledgments p. 129
References p. 129
4 Protein Trafficking in Polarized Cells Amy Duffield and Michael J. Caplan and Theodore R. Muth p. 145
1 Introduction p. 146
2 Exocytosis, Endocytosis, and Sorting Pathways p. 148
3 Apical Sorting p. 152
4 Basolateral Sorting p. 159
5 Endosomal and Lysosomal Sorting Signals p. 165
6 Conclusion p. 167
References p. 167
5 Chick Embryo Chorioallantoic Membrane as a Useful Tool to Study Angiogenesis Domenico Ribatti p. 181
1 Introduction p. 182
2 Chorioallantoic Membrane and Its Embryological Origin p. 183
3 Use of Chorioallantoic Membranes in the Study of Angiogenesis p. 189
4 Role of FGF-2 in Chorioallantoic Membrane Vascularization p. 205
5 Concluding Remarks p. 210
Acknowledgments p. 212
References p. 213
6 Molecular and Cellular Biology of Synucleins Andrei Surguchov p. 225
1 Introduction p. 227
2 Synuclein Family: How and Why Proteins Form Families p. 234
3 Synuclein Functions p. 257
4 Localization of Synucleins p. 269
5 Synuclein Pathophysiology p. 273
6 Synuclein KO p. 283
7 Approaches to Reduce Pathological Action of Synucleins p. 285
8 Concluding Remarks p. 290
Acknowledgments p. 291
References p. 291
7 Genetically Unstable Microsatellite-Containing Loci and Genome Diversity in Clonally Reproduced Unisexual Vertebrates Alexei P. Ryskov p. 319
1 Introduction p. 320
2 DNA Fingerprinting in Studies of Genome Diversity p. 326
3 Characterization of Individual Microsatellite Loci in Parthenogenetic Lizards p. 337
4 Concluding Remarks p. 341
Acknowledgments p. 342
References p. 342
Index p. 351