Going Viral—Parasite Virulence Factors on the Cutting Edge of Parasite Research
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 December 2020) | Viewed by 291
Special Issue Editors
Interests: malaria; protein export; host–parasite interactions; gene editing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Parasites are both extremely fascinating and scary—fascinating referring to their survival in the most challenging environments and scary referring to their roles in millions of deaths each year. Highly specialized virulence factors help parasites to invade, colonize and modulate different niches in an organism to ensure their survival and dissemination among a population of susceptible hosts. Due to their importance in infectious diseases, profound knowledge of their biology is key for the rational development of interventions. Recent years have seen an exciting boost in parasite research, and new technologies have been applied to understand the functions of virulence factors. In this Special Issue of Genes “Going viral—parasite virulence factors on the cutting edge of parasite research”, the different aspects of virulence factors biology in different parasite species will be addressed, providing a broad overview of their regulation, evolution, and functions.
Dr. Christof Grüring
Prof. Volker Heussler
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- virulence factors
- adherence
- invasion
- immune evasion
