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Bacterial Toxins : Genetics, Cellular Biology and Practical Applications.

This timely volume serves as an update on the most important recent advances in the genetics, cellular biology and practical applications of the most important bacterial toxins. Written by internationally respected scientists from eight different countries, topics reviewed include: the molecular bas...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Proft, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Norfolk : Caister Academic Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Receptor-related Risk Factors for Verotoxin Pathogenesis; Verotoxins and their receptors; Receptor glycolipid; B subunit receptor-binding sites; VT signalling and internalization; Cholesterol masking of VT receptors; New model for VTB subunit pentamer binding plasma membrane Gb3; Cholesterol is key for VT-Gb3 retrograde transport; Regulation of Gb3 biosynthesis; Soluble GSL mimics; Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. The Helicobacter pylori CagA Protein: A Multifunctional BacterialToxin Delivered by Type IV Secretion; Introduction. 
505 8 |a Introduction to the cholesterol-dependent cytolysins and membrane attack complex/perforin (MACPF) family proteinsGeneral features of the CDC primary structure; The CDC monomer crystal structure; Secretion of the CDCs; Cellular recognition; The CDC membrane anchoring system; The CDC allosteric pathway; Formation of the prepore oligomer; Formation of the pore complex; Ring versus arc oligomers; The CDCs and bacterial pathogenesis; The membrane attack complex/perforin (MACPF) proteins; Summary and futureperspectives -- CDCs andMACPF proteins; References. 
505 8 |a Chapter 4. Bacterial Enterotoxins as Immunomodulators and Vaccine AdjuvantsIntroduction; Cholera toxin: the prototype for ADP-ribosylating holotoxin adjuvants; LT: a more complex family of holotoxin adjuvants; Are ADP-ribosylating toxins in general good adjuvants?; Taking toxin adjuvant immunomodulation one step further; Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 5. Mobile Genetic Elements as Carriers for Bacterial Virulence Genes; Core and adaptive genome; The mobile bacterial genome; Mobile genetic elements and their role in virulence; Why MGEs encode exotoxins and other virulence factors? 
505 8 |a Role of SOS inductionBacteriophage-encoding toxins and other virulence factors; Plasmids encoding toxins; Pathogenicity islands encoding toxins; Open questions; Web resources; References; Chapter 6. The Staphylococcal Superantigen-like Toxins; Introduction; The SSLs -- an introduction; Genetics of the ssls; Molecular biology of the SSLs; SSL-related S. aureus immune evasion molecules; Mechanisms of immune evasion mediated by SSLs; Novel SSL-associated applications; Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 7. Botulinum Neurotoxins as Therapeutics; Introduction. 
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