Neisseria meningitidis

1. Neisseria meningitidis: Biology, Microbiology, and Epidemiology Nadine G. Rouphael and David S. Stephens 2. Classification and Pathogenesis of Meningococcal Infections Petter Brandtzaeg and Marcel van Deuren 3. Detection of Neisseria meningitidis in Cerebrospinal Fluid Using a Multiplex PCR and the Luminex Detection Technology Jens Kjølseth Møller 4. Generating Knock-Out and Complementation Strains of Neisseria meningitides Vincent van Dam and Martine P. Bos 5. Identification and Functional Characterization of sRNAs in Neisseria meningitides Yvonne Pannekoek and Arie van der Ende 6. Expression, Purification, and Crystallization of Neisserial Outer Membrane Proteins Muhammad Saleem, Jeremy Moore, and Jeremy P. Derrick 7. Genome-Scale Metabolic Models: Reconstruction and Analysis Gino J.E. Baart and Dirk E. Martens 8. TMT Labeling for the Quantitative Analysis of Adaptive Responses in the Meningococcal Proteome Karsten Kuhn, Christian Baumann, Jan Tommassen, and Thorsten Prinz 9. Meningococcal Ligands and Molecular Targets of the Host Darryl J. Hill and Mumtaz Virji 10. In Vivo Imaging of Meningococcal Disease Dynamics Hong Sjölinder and Ann-Beth Jonsson 11. Methods for Studying Neisseria meningitidis Biofilms Michael A. Apicella, Jianqiang Shao, and R. Brock Neil 12. A Laminar-Flow Chamber Assay for Measuring Bacterial Adhesion Under Shear Stress Magali Soyer and Guillaume Duménil 13. Techniques to Measure Pilus Retraction Forces Nicolas Biais, Dustin Higashi, Magdalene So, and Benoit Ladoux 14. Human Dendritic Cell Culture and Bacterial Infection Hannah E. Jones, Nigel Klein, and Garth L.J. Dixon 15. Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Coupled to Mass Spectrometry (H/DX-MS) to Investigate Ligand-Receptor Interactions Jessmi M.L. Ling, Leslie Silva, David C. Schriemer, and Anthony B. Schryvers 16. Visualizing PAMP-PRR Interactions Using Nanoscale Imaging Kathy Triantafilou and Martha Triantafilou 17. Transcriptome Analyses in the Interaction of Neisseria meningitidis with Mammalian Host Cells Biju Joseph, Matthias Frosch, Christoph Schoen, and Alexandra Schubert-Unkmeir 18. The Use of the Pan-Neisseria Microarray and Experimental Design for Transcriptomics Studies of Neisseria Nigel J. Saunders and John K. Davies 19. Analysis of Parameters Associated with Prevention of Cellular Apoptosis by Pathogenic Neisseriae and Purified Porins Paola Massari and Lee M. Wetzler 20. Analysis of the Immune Response to Neisseria meningitidis Using a Proteomics Approach Jeannette N. Williams, Myron Christodoulides, and John E. Heckels 21. Antigen Identification Starting from the Genome: A 'Reverse Vaccinology' Approach Applied to MenB Emmanuelle Palumbo, Luigi Fiaschi, Brunella Brunelli, Sara Marchi, Silvana Savino, and Mariagrazia Pizza 22. A DNA Vaccine Strategy for Effective Antibody Induction to Pathogen-Derived Antigens Jason Rice and Myron Christodoulides