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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 0415298520. Ex library, pictorial board hardcover. Lending record shows this book has never been borrowed. 315 pages, index, illustrated with charts, tables, photos and diagrams. Pore-forming proteins and peptides play a central role in bacterial pathogenesis, the immune response, defense from venomous attack, and innate immunity. These proteins attack and eliminate other organisms by punching an aqueous channel through their membranes, which disrupts appropriate cell function. Divided into two parts on pore-forming proteins and pore-forming peptides, each chapter reviews the normal physiological cellular structure and function, discusses the interference of toxins with this process, and considers the use of specific toxins in research. Includes such topics as the channel-forming properties of Helicobacter pylori and the role of amyloid peptide channels in the development of amyloid diseases. Contents as new, unread, clean, tight and bright. Book.