Editor: Burns, Drusilla L.; Editor: Barbieri, Joseph T.
Hardback; Book
350 pages
Published: December 2002
American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
ISBN: 1555812457

Designed for newcomers to the field of toxins, this important volume is intended to show how these proteins work while providing an up-to-date review of the field. Bacterial Protein Toxins describes all aspects of the biology of toxins, including their synthesis and secretion from the bacterial cell, their travels to and into the target host cell, and their modes of attacking the host cell machinery. It illustrates how bacterial toxins, each of which has distinct individual properties, often share mechanisms of secretion, membrane transport, and enzymatic action.Designed for newcomers to the field of toxins and intended to show how proteins work and can be used in research. The text describes the biology of toxins, including their synthesis and secretion, their travels to and into the host cell and their modes of attacking the host cell machinery.