ADP-Ribosylating Toxins /
This book reviews recent studies on ADP-ribosylating bacterial toxins. Sevenchapters cover the basic actions of diphtheria toxin, Pseudomonas aeruginosaexotoxins A and S, cholera toxin, pertussis toxin and clostridial ADP-ribosylating toxins. The cellular entry mechanisms of the toxins are reviewed....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
1992.
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| Series: | Current topics in microbiology and immunology ;
175. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book reviews recent studies on ADP-ribosylating bacterial toxins. Sevenchapters cover the basic actions of diphtheria toxin, Pseudomonas aeruginosaexotoxins A and S, cholera toxin, pertussis toxin and clostridial ADP-ribosylating toxins. The cellular entry mechanisms of the toxins are reviewed. More recent aspects of toxin research are presented with emphasis on the structure-function relationship, activation mechanisms, and interactions of the toxins with their eukaryotic substrates (elongation factor 2, G proteins, small GTP- -binding proteins, and actin). Further topics are the functional consequences of the protein modification by ADP- -rybosylation and the use of the toxins as tools. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 148 pages 23 illustrations) |
| ISBN: | 9783642769665 (electronic bk.) 3642769667 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0070-217X ; |