Guidebook to protein toxins and their use in cell biology /

Many bacteria, animals, and plants produce toxins that can prove lethal to other organisms. Toxins are a form of "biological warfare" that helps their producer to survive and so confer an evolutionary advantage. They display an extraordinary range of complexity, from the formic acid provid...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Rappuoli, Rino, Montecucco, C. (Cesare)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Series:Guidebook series (Oxford, England)
Subjects:
Toxins > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Toxins
Toxines > Guides, manuels, etc.
MEDICAL > Toxicology.
Toxins.
Cytologie
Proteine
Toxin
Vergif.
Eiwitten.
Toxines.
Handbook
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine derived contents note: 1. Membrane permeabilizing toxins
  • 2. Toxins affecting signal transduction
  • 3. Toxins affecting protein synthesis
  • 4. Cytoskeleton-affecting toxins
  • 5. Toxins affecting the immune and inflammatory response
  • 6. Toxins affecting membrane traffic
  • 7. Sodium channel-targeted toxins
  • 8. Potassium channel-targeted toxins
  • 9. Calcium channel-targeted toxins
  • 10. Acetylcholine receptor targeted toxins
  • 11. Ryanodine receptor toxins
  • 12. Presynaptic toxins
  • 13. Glutamate receptor-targeted toxins.

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