Molecular Parasitology Protozoan Parasites and their Molecules

In the past years, genome projects for numerous human parasites have been completed and now allow first in depth comparisons and evolutionary conclusions. The genomes of parasites reflect the coevolution with their host, metabolic capacities depending on

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Molecular Parasitology Protozoan Parasites and their Molecules

Molecular Parasitology

Julia Walochnik • Michael Duchêne Editors

Molecular Parasitology Protozoan Parasites and their Molecules

Editors Julia Walochnik Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology Medical University of Vienna Vienna Austria

Michael Duchêne Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology Medical University of Vienna Vienna Austria

ISBN 978-3-7091-1415-5 ISBN 978-3-7091-1416-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-7091-1416-2

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Contents

Part I The Molecules 1

Genomics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Omar S. Harb, Ulrike Boehme, Kathryn Crouch, Olukemi O. Ifeonu, David S. Roos, Joana C. Silva, Fatima Silva-Franco, Staffan Svärd, Kyle Tretina, and Gareth Weedall

2

Proteomics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Jonathan Wastling and Dong Xia

3

Glycomics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Iain B.H. Wilson

Part II The Parasites (and Their Molecules) 4

Giardia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Norbert Müller and Joachim Müller

5

Trichomonas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Pier Luigi Fiori, Paola Rappelli, Daniele Dessì, Robert Hirt, Sven Gould, Jan Tachezy, and Ivan Hrdy

6

Trypanosoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15