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Format: 1 online resource (1201 p.)

Edition: 4th ed.

ISBN: 9780128005897 , 0128005890 , 9780128001882 , 0128001887

Content: The Comprehensive Sourcebook of Bacterial Protein Toxins 4th Edition, contains chapters written by internationally known and well-respected specialists. This book contains chapters devoted to individual toxins, as well as chapters that consider the different applications of these toxins. Considerable progress has been made in understanding the structure, function, interaction and trafficking into cells, as well as mechanism of action of toxins. Bacterial toxins are involved in the pathogenesis of many bacteria, some of which are responsible for severe diseases in human and animals, but can al

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Front Cover; The Comprehensive Sourcebook of Bacterial Protein Toxins; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction to the Fourth Edition; In memory of J. E. Alouf (1929-2014); I. Basic Genomic and Physiological Aspects of Bacterial Protein Toxins; 1 Evolutionary aspects of toxin-producing bacteria; Introduction; Molecular ecology of toxin-producing bacteria; Pathogenicity islands, horizontal gene transfer, and the prevalence of toxins; Toxins encoded by plasmids, bacteriophages, and other pathogenicity islands; PAI-encoded toxins delivered by specialized secretion systems , Molecular evolution of toxins through genetic exchangeGenetic exchange and toxin evolution; Toxin evolution and transmission in the host; Toxin evolution and transmission in the soil environment; Toxin evolution and transmission in aquatic environments; Toxin evolution and transmission in the phyllosphere; Toxin evolution in the guts of insects and other vectors; Toxin evolution in biofilms and regulation by quorum sensing; Vaccines and toxin evolution; Modular recombination of bacterial toxins; Conclusion; References , 2 Mobile genetic elements and pathogenicity islands encoding bacterial toxinsIntroduction: The genome structure of prokaryotes; Protein toxins encoded by mobile genetic elements; Protein toxins encoded by plasmids; Gram-negative bacteria; Gram-positive bacteria; Protein toxins encoded by bacteriophages; Gram-negative bacteria; Gram-positive bacteria; Protein toxin genes and other mobile genetic elements; Toxins encoded by PAIs; PAIs; PAI-encoded toxins; Enterobacteria; Other Gram-negative bacteria; The bacterial T6SS; Gram-positive bacteria; Instability of PAIs; Conclusion , Evolution of new pathogenic variants caused by PAIs and mobile genetic elementsHGT and the evolution of toxin families; Acknowledgments; References; 3 News and views on protein secretion systems; Introduction; Most historical secretion types; Type I secretion system; Type II secretion system; Type III secretion system; Type IV secretion system: a protein and DNA transport machine; Type V secretion system: free or surface-bound?; Type VI secretion system: weapon for bacterial warfare; How far can we go with secretion types?; Type VII secretion system , Extracellular appendages and secretion typesThe type IX secretion system; What about other secretion concepts?; Bacteriocins, colicins, pyocins, contact-dependent inhibition; Cell surface lipoproteins; OM Vesicles; What about Gram-positive bacteria, then?; Closing remarks; References; II. Intracellularly Alive Bacterial Protein Toxins; 4 Diphtheria toxin; Introduction; Diphtheria toxin: from pathology to crystal structure; Symptoms, treatment, prophylaxis, and epidemiology of diphtheria; History of DT research; Regulation of DT production; The structure of DT; The mechanism of action of DT , The main steps of cell intoxication , English

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (XVIII, 1182 S.) : , Ill.

Edition: 4. ed.

ISBN: 978-0-12-800589-7 , 0-12-800589-0

Content: Bacterial toxins play an important role in infectious diseases. Several are amongst the most potent biological agents known to man. Cholera, pertussis, botulinum, clostridium and tetanus toxins are all produced by bacteria. In many cases, it is the toxin produced and not the infectious agent itself that causes pathology. Botulinum toxin has now of course found clinical application as botox, and anthrax, and other toxins, have potentially devastating effects if misused as an agent of biological terror. This book describes the major achievements and discoveries relevant to bacterial protein toxins since the turn of the new century, illustrated by the discovery of more than fifty novel toxins (many of them identified through genome screening). The establishment of the three-dimensional crystal structure of more than 20 toxins during the same period offers deeper knowledge of structure-activity relationships and provides a framework to understand how toxins recognize receptors, penetrate membranes and interact with and modify intracellular substrates

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-12-800188-2

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 0128001887

Language: English

Keywords: Bakteriengift ; Proteintoxin

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Format: 1 online resource (1,201 pages) : , illustrations

Edition: Fourth edition.

ISBN: 9780128005897 (e-book)

Additional Edition: Print version: Alouf, Joseph E. Comprehensive sourcebook of bacterial protein toxins. Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, c2015 ISBN 9780128001882

Language: English

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