Bacterial toxins : tools in cell biology and pharmacology /
This is a survey of well characterized and recently discovered bacterial protein toxins. Leading investigators of the respective toxins review the various molecular mechanisms of action, ranging from toxin-induced ADP-ribosylation up to membrane perforation by pore-forming toxins. Thy also describe...
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Chapman & Hall,
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Cholera Toxin: Mechanism of Action and Potential Use in Vaccine Development / G.-F. Zhang, W.A. Patton and J. Moss
- Ch. 2. Cholera Toxin and Escherichia coli Heat-labile Enterotoxin: Biochemical Methods for Assessing Enzymatic Activities / W.A. Patton, G.-F. Zhang and J. Moss
- Ch. 3. Pertussis Toxin / C. Locht and R. Antoine
- Ch. 4. Pertussis Toxin as a Cell Biology Tool / B. Nurnberg
- Ch. 5. Clostridium botulinum ADP-ribosyltransferase C3 / K. Aktories and G. Koch
- Ch. 6. Clostridium botulinum C3 Exoenzyme and Studies on Rho Proteins / C.D. Nobes and A. Hall
- Ch. 7. Preparation of Clostridium botulinum C3 Exoenzyme and Application of ADP-ribosylation of Rho Proteins in Biological Systems / Y. Saito and S. Narumiya
- Ch. 8. Actin-ADP-ribosylating Toxins: Cytotoxic Mechanisms of Clostridium botulinum C2 Toxin and Clostridium perfringens Iota Toxin / K. Aktories, P. Sehr and I. Just
- Ch. 9. Purification, Activation and Endocytosis of Botulinum C2 Toxin / I. Ohishi
- Ch. 10. The Role of the Clostridium botulinum C2 Toxin as a Research Tool to Study Eucaryotic Cell Biology / I.L. Simpson
- Ch. 11. Probing the Actin Cytoskeleton by Clostridium botulinum C2 Toxin and Clostridium perfringes Iota Toxin / K. Aktories, U. Prepens and P. Sehr
- Ch. 12. Clostridium difficile Toxins / M. Thelestam, I. Florin and E. Chaves-Olarte
- Ch. 13. Clostridium difficile Toxin B as a Probe for Rho GTPases / I. Just, J. Selzer and F. Hofmann
- Ch. 14. Clostridial Neurotoxins / G. Schiavo and C. Montecucco
- Ch. 15. Isolated Nerve Terminals as a Model System for the Study of Botulinum and Tetanus Toxins / J. Blasi, E. Link and R. Jahn
- Ch. 16. Clostridial Toxins and Endocrine Secretion: Their Use in Insulin-Secreting Cells / J. Lang, R. Regazzi and C.B. Wollheim
- Ch. 17. Pore-forming Toxins / S. Bhakdi, A. Valeva and I. Walev
- Ch. 18. Application of Alpha-toxin and Streptolysin O as Tools in Cell Biological / G. Ahnert-Hilger and U. Weller
- Ch. 19. Toxins as Transporting Tools / S. Olsnes, O. Klingenberg and R. Munoz
- Ch. 20. A Brief Guide to the Safe Handling of Biological Toxin / A.B. Maksymowych and L.L. Simpson.