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Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Parasites - MB160P81E
Title: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Parasites
Czech title: Molekulární biologie a biochemie parazitů
Guaranteed by: Department of Parasitology (31-161)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2020 to 2023
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: not taught
Language: English
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: RNDr. Róbert Šuťák, Ph.D.
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Annotation -
Last update: RNDr. Róbert Šuťák, Ph.D. (18.03.2019)
The course (lecture / practical course) focused on biochemical pathways and specific aspects of the molecular biology of selected important human parasites particularly regarding pathways important for survival and fitness of parasites during its contact with host. Moreover, the course will cover the molecular diagnostics and biochemical aspects of employed chemotherapeutics.
Literature - Czech
Last update: RNDr. Helena Kulíková (18.03.2019)

J. Marr, M. Müller: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Parasites, Academic Press, London 1995
Aktuální publikované články a review; další studijní materiály na Moodle

Requirements to the exam - Czech
Last update: RNDr. Róbert Šuťák, Ph.D. (18.03.2019)

80% účast na praktických cvičení + zápočet (odevzdání zpracovaných protokolů); písemný test

Syllabus -
Last update: RNDr. Róbert Šuťák, Ph.D. (18.03.2019)

1. Adaptation of metabolism of parasites to the host - oxidative stress, anaerobiosis, host-parasite competition for essential substances

2. Metabolism of selected anaerobic unicellular parasites – Entamoeba, Trichomonas, Giardia; effects of chemotherapeutics

3. Metabolism of selected unicellular parasites – trypanosomes, leishmanias; effects of chemotherapeutics

4. Metabolic specificity of intracellular parasitism – Trypanosoma cruzi, Plasmodium spp.

5. Metabolism of selected multicellular parasites – helminths, invertebrate parasites

6. Unusual properties of genetic information of parasitic protists – genome size, organellar genomes, splicing, and editing

7. Diagnosis of parasitic infections by molecular biology methods – PCR, ELISA

8. Entering of parasites into the host, its tissues and cells – molecular and biochemical mechanisms

9. Escape strategies of parasites – intracellular parasitism, molecular mimicry, antigenic variability

10. Host manipulation by parasites – influencing the immune system, changes in host metabolism, behavioral changes

11. Parasites as model organisms – possibilities of studying parasites in laboratory conditions

 
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