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Bacterial Protein Toxins

By S. Olsnes , J. Wesche , P. Ø. Falnes (auth.) , Professor Dr. Klaus Aktories , Dr. Ingo Just (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2000
ISBN
978-3-642-08540-6, 978-3-662-05971-5
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-05971-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
32 MB (33422622 bytes)
Series
Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology 145
Edition
1
Pages
700\712
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
general; Medical Microbiology; Molecular MedicinePharmacology/Toxicology; Cell Biology; Biochemistr

Description

In recent years remarkable progress has been accomplished with respect to our knowledge about bacterial protein toxins. This refers especially to structural aspects of protein toxins but also holds true for genetics, molecular biology and biochemical mechanisms underlying the action of toxins. This volume covers the very current and exciting aspects of up-to-date bacterial toxicology and comprehensively reviews the most important bacterial protein toxins such as the intracellular acting toxins which exhibit enzyme activity, as well as those toxins that interact with cell plasma membranes by damaging the membranes (pore formation) or stimulating cell receptors (superantigens). This is the most current reference work on these important bacterial protein toxins, which are presented from the point of view of different disciplines such as pharmacology, microbiology, cell biology and protein chemistry.

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