Molecular Mechanisms of Host/Pathogen Interaction

4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

(Same as Microbiology M229.) Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisites: Molecular Biology 254A through 254D. Molecular mechanisms of microbial interactions with eukaryotic host cells that result in disease or pathogen survival. Topics include pathogenesis of common viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites, basis of toxin-mediated cellular damage, and immune suppression of microbial tissue damage. Letter grading.