Bacterial Protein Toxins - Hardcover

Burns, Drusilla L; Barbieri, Joseph T; Iglewski, Barbara H; Rappuoli, Rino

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555812457 ISBN 13: 9781555812454

Publisher: ASM Press, 2003

Synopsis

Details how these proteins work while providing a review of the field. • Describes all aspects of the biology of toxins, including their synthesis and secretion from the bacterial cell, their travels to and into the target host cell, and their modes of attacking the host cell machinery. • Illustrates how bacterial toxins, each of which has distinct individual properties, often share mechanisms of secretion, membrane transport, and enzymatic action.

This title is published by the American Society for Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.

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From the Back Cover

Designed for newcomers to the field of toxins and is intended to show how proteins work and how they can be used in research. Describes all aspects of the biology of toxins, including their synthesis and secretion from the bacterial cell. Their travels to and into the target host cell, and their modes of attacking the host cell machinery. Illustrates how bacterial toxins, each of which has distinct individual properties, often share mechanisms of secretion, membrane transport and enzymatic action.

Edition details

• Publisher: ASM Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555812457
• ISBN 13: 9781555812454
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 348