Title Pore-forming peptides and protein toxins / edited by Gianfranco Menestrina, Mauro Dalla Serra, and Philip Lazarovici

Published London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 315 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) Series Cellular and molecular mechanisms of toxin action ; v. 5 Cellular and molecular mechanisms of toxin action ; v. 5 Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Staphylococcal bicomponent leucotoxins, mechanism of action, impact on cells and contribution to virulence; 2 The formation of ion-permeable channels by RTX-toxins in lipid bilayer membranes: basis for their biological activity; 3 Properties of the monomeric and the pentameric Pseudomonas cytotoxin; 4 Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin VacA: channel-forming properties and cell intoxication; 5 Delta-endotoxin mode of action; 6 Functional studies of helix; 7 Colicin channels and protein translocation Summary An in-depth review of the extraordinary properties of Pore-forming Peptides and Protein Toxins, this book provides an essential source of information for graduate students and academic and industrial researchers Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Toxins. Membrane proteins. Microbial peptides. Bacterial Toxins -- metabolism Toxins, Biological Membrane Proteins Bacterial Proteins -- metabolism Porins -- metabolism SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology. Membrane proteins Microbial peptides Toxins Form Electronic book Author Menestrina, Gianfranco Dalla Serra, Mauro Lazarovici, Philip ISBN 0203986644 9780203986646 9781134426928 1134426925 9781134426966 1134426968

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