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1 online resource (xxv, 627 pages) : illustrations |
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Handbook of natural toxins ; v. 8 |
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Handbook of natural toxins ; v. 8.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface to the Handbook; Preface to Volume 8; Contents; Contributors; Contents of Previous Volumes; PART I. CLINICAL USES OF BACTERIAL TOXINS; 1. Therapeutic Effects of Botulinum Toxins; 2. Diphtheria Toxin and Related Fusion Proteins: Autonomous Systems for the Delivery of Proteins and Peptides to the Cytosol of Eukaryotic Cells; 3. Liposomes as Vehicles for Vaccines: Induction of Humoral, Cellular, and Mucosal Immunity; PART II. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF BACTERIAL ADP-RIBOSYLTRANSFERASES; 4. Bacterial ADP-Ribosyltransferases |
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PART III. MECHANISMS OF DIPHTHERIA TOXIN ACTION5. Three-Dimensional Structure of Diphtheria Toxin; 6. The Diphtheria Toxin Receptor; 7. Diphthamide: The Toxin Target in Protein Synthesis Elongation Factor 2; PART IV. CHOLERA TOXIN ANDE. COLI HEAT-LABILE; 8. Biogenesis of Cholera Toxin and Related Oligomeric Enterotoxins; 9. Structure and Function of E. coli Heat-Labile Enterotoxin and Cholera Toxin B Pentamer; 10. Cholera Toxin and Related Enterotoxins of Gram-Negative Bacteria |
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11. ADP-Ribosylation Factors: A Family of Guanine Nucleotide-Binding Proteins That Activate Cholera Toxin and Regulate Vesicular TransportPART V. DIVERSITY OF ACTION IN THE ENTEROTOXIN FAMILY; 12. Heat-Stable Enterotoxin of Escherichia coli; 13. Zot and Ace Toxins of Vibrio cholerae; 14. Shiga and Shiga-like (Vero) Toxins; 15. Clostridium difficile and Its Toxins; PART VI. BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS VIRULENCE FACTORS; 16. Bordetella pertussis: Determinants of Virulence; 17. Muramyl Peptides as Exotoxins: Bordetella Tracheal Cytotoxin; 18. Adenylyl Cyclase Toxin from Bordetella pertussis |
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19. Biosynthesis and Targeting of Pertussis Toxin20. GTP-Binding Proteins as the Substrates of Pertussis Toxin-Catalyzed ADP-Ribosylation; PART VII. DIVERSITY OF ACTIONS OF OTHER TOXIC BACTERIAL PRODUCTS; 21. Modification of Actin and Rho Proteins by Clostridial ADP-Ribosylating Toxins; 22. Tetanus Toxin; 23. Anthrax Toxins; 24. Leukocidins; 25. Endotoxin: A Mediator of and Potential Therapeutic Target for Septic Shock; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Bacterial toxins.
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Virulence (Microbiology)
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Bacterial Toxins
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Bacteria -- pathogenicity
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Virulence
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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Bacterial toxins.
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Virulence (Microbiology)
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Toxines bactériennes.
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Virulence.
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Bakteriengift
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Toxikologie
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Pharmakologie
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Vergif.
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Bacteriën.
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Virulentie.
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Toxines microbiennes.
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Virulence (microbiologie)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Moss, Joel.
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| ISBN |
0585345031 |
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9780585345031 |
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9781482273205 |
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1482273209 |
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0429085907 |
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9780429085901 |
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