In recent years remarkable progress has been accomplished with respect to ourknowledge about bacterial protein toxins. This refers especially to structuralaspec... » 

In recent years remarkable progress has been accomplished with respect to ourknowledge about bacterial protein toxins. This refers especially to structuralaspects of protein toxins but also holds true for genetics molecular biologyand biochemical mechanisms underlying the action of toxins. This volume coversthe very current and exciting aspects of uptodate bacterial toxicology andcomprehensively reviews the most important bacterial protein toxins such as theintracellular acting toxins which exhibit enzyme activity as well as thosetoxins that interact with cell plasma membranes by damaging the membranes poreformation or stimulating cell receptors superantigens. This is the mostcurrent reference work on these important bacterial protein toxins which arepresented from the point of view of different disciplines such as pharmacologymicrobiology cell biology and protein chemistry. TOCUptake of Protein ToxinsActing Inside Cells. Common Features of ADP Ribosyltransferases. DiphtheriaToxin and the DiphtheriaToxin Receptor. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Exotoxin AStructureFunction Production and Intoxication of Eukaryotic Cells.DiphtheriaToxinBased FusionProtein Toxins Targeted to the Interleukin2 Receptor. Structure and Function of Cholera Toxin and Related Enterotoxins.Mechanism of Cholera Toxin Action. Pertussis Toxin. Pertussis Toxin as aPharmacological Tool. Clostridium Botulinum C3 Exoenzyme and C3LikeTransferases. Pseudomas Aeruginosa Exoenzyme S a Bifunctional CytotoxinSecreted by a TypeIII Pathway. Structure and Function of ActinADPRibosylating Toxins. Molecular Biology of ActinADPRibosylating Toxins.Molecular Mechanisms of Action of the Large Clostridial Cytotoxins. MolecularBiology of Large Clostridial Toxins. The Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor 1 fromEscherichia coli. Shiga Toxins of Shigella dysenteriae ... And much more...The complete table of contents can be found on the Internet httpwww.springer.de «