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• Cover 2
• Methods in MicrobiologyVolume 37 3
• Copyright 6
• Contents 7
• Series Advisors 9
• Contributors 11
• Preface 15
• 1. The Immune Response to Infectious Agents 17
• 2. Immunomagnetic Isolation of Subcellular Compartments 37
• 3. Use of Bioinformatics to Predict MHC Ligands and T-Cell Epitopes: Application to Epitope-Driven Vaccine Design 51
• 4. Genetics of Susceptibility and Resistance to Infection 83
• 5. Proteomic Approaches to Study Immunity in Infection 117
• 6. Isolation and Characterization of Human Epithelial Antimicrobial Peptides and Proteins 131
• 7. Visualization and Functional Evaluation of Phagocyte Extracellular Traps 155
• 8. Killer Cell Assays 177