Overview
- Unique overview on the mode of action of protein toxins as well as on the strategic advantages toxin producers have for survival
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Topics in Current Genetics (TCG, volume 11)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Since the initial establishment of Robert Koch’s postulates in the nineteenth century, microbial protein toxins have been recognized as a major factor of bacterial and fungal virulence. An increasing number of proteins produced and secreted by various bacteria, yeasts and plants are extremely toxic and most of them developed remarkably "intelligent" strategies to enter, to penetrate and to finally kill a eukaryotic target cell by modifying or blocking essential cellular components.
This book describes the strategies employed by protein toxins to render their pro- and eukaryotic producers a selective growth advantage over competitors. In providing an up-to-date overview on the mode of protein toxin actions, it accommodates biomedically and biologically relevant toxin model systems. As a result, it significantly broadens our perspective on biochemical architecture and molecular ploy behind the lethal principles of pro- and eukaryotic toxins.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microbial Protein Toxins
Editors: Manfred J. Schmitt, Raffael Schaffrath
Series Title: Topics in Current Genetics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b94860
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-23562-0Published: 10 December 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06254-4Published: 12 February 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-31455-4Published: 10 December 2004
Series ISSN: 1610-2096
Series E-ISSN: 1610-6970
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 237
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Biochemistry, general, Cell Biology
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Chemical Manufacturing, Consumer Packaged Goods, Pharma