Microbial Protein Toxins

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schmitt, Manfred J. (Editor), Schaffrath, Raffael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Topics in Current Genetics, 11
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Medical microbiology.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Microbiology.; Life Sciences.; Medical Microbiology.; Biochemistry, general.; Cell Biology.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Diphtheria Toxin, Diphtheria-related Fusion Protein Toxins, and the Molecular Mechanism of Their Action Against Eukaryotic Cells
• Anthrax Toxin and Genetic Aspects Regulating its Expression
• Shiga Toxins and Their Mechanisms of Cell Entry
• Cholera Toxin: Mechanisms of Entry Into Host Cells
• ExoU: A Cytotoxin Delivered by the Type III Secretion System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Staphylococcal Alpha-toxin
• S. cerevisiae K28 Toxin - a Secreted Virus Toxin of the A/B Family of Protein Toxins
• Kluyveromyces lactis Zymocin and Other Plasmid-encoded Yeast Killer Toxins
• The Ustilago maydis Killer Toxins
• Zygocin – a Monomeric Protein Toxin Secreted by Virus-infected Zygosaccharomyces bailii
• Acidophilic Structure and Killing Mechanism of the Pichia farinosa Killer Toxin SMKT
• Ricin: Structure, Synthesis, and Mode of Action.