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Ebook Molecular medical parasitology: Part 1 presents the following content: molecular biology; biochemistry and cell biology: protozoa; .Please refer to the documentation for more details. | Molecular Medical Parasitology This Page Intentionally Left Blank Molecular Medical Parasitology Edited by J. Joseph Marr . President BioMed. Estes Park Colorado 80517 USA Timothy W. Nilsen . Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Cleveland Ohio 43606 USA Richard W. Komuniecki . Department of Biology University of Toledo Toledo Ohio 43606 USA Amsterdam Boston London New York Oxford Paris San Diego San Francisco Singapore Sydney Tokyo This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher. Academic Press An Imprint of Elsevier Science 84 Theobald s Road London WC1X 8RR UK http Academic Press An Imprint of Elsevier Science 525 B Street Suite 1900 San Diego California 92101-4495 USA http ISBN 0 12 473346 8 Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002111022 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Cover figure Adapted from The International Journal for Parasitology Vol. 31 Issue 12 October 2001 1343 1353 Figure 1A courtesy of Dr K. A. Joiner and The Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. Typeset by Charon Tec Pvt. Ltd Chennai India Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Bodmin Cornwall 02 03 04 05 06 07 MP 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents List of contributors vii Preface xi I. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1 1. Parasite genomics 3 Mark Blaxter 2. RNA processing in parasitic organisms trans-splicing and RNA editing 29 Jonatha M. Gott and Timothy W. Nilsen 3. Transcription 47 Arthur Günzl 4. Post-transcriptional regulation 67 Christine Clayton 5. Antigenic variation in African trypanosomes and malaria 89 George . Cross 6. Genetic and genomic approaches to the analysis of Leishmania virulence 111 .