Pore-Forming Toxins /
Pore-forming toxins are virulence factors produced by a great variety of pathogenic bacteria ranging from the Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus to the Gram-negative Helicobacter pylory. The recent studies reviewed in this volume describe the progress that has been made in dissecting the different...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
2001.
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| Series: | Current topics in microbiology and immunology ;
257. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Pore-forming toxins are virulence factors produced by a great variety of pathogenic bacteria ranging from the Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus to the Gram-negative Helicobacter pylory. The recent studies reviewed in this volume describe the progress that has been made in dissecting the different steps of the mode of action of these proteins which generally include binding to specific cell surface receptors, oligomerization into ring like structures and membrane perforation. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (IX, 166 pages 19 illustrations) |
| ISBN: | 9783642565083 (electronic bk.) 3642565085 (electronic bk.) |