Guidebook to protein toxins and their use in cell biology

Resource Information

The work Guidebook to protein toxins and their use in cell biology represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Guidebook to protein toxins and their use in cell biology

Statement of responsibility

edited by Rino Rappuoli and Cesare Montecucco

Contributor

• Montecucco, C., (Cesare)
• Rappuoli, Rino

Subject

• Cytologie
• Eiwitten
• Handbooks and manuals
• MEDICAL -- Toxicology
• Proteine
• Toxin
• Toxins
• Toxins
• Toxins -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Vergif

Genre

• Handbooks and manuals
• Handbooks, manuals, etc

Language

eng

Summary

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 provided by ants to bacterial proteins composed of thousands of amino acids. This Guidebook considers the more complex protein and peptide toxins and groups them according to their mode of action.; Topics covered include: membrane-permeabilizing toxins; toxins affecting signal transduction and protein synthesis; cytoskeleton-affecting toxins; toxins affecting the immune and inflammatory response. This class of biomolecules will be of interest to a wide range of researchers in cell biology, ; neuroscience, and toxicology

Member of

• Guidebook series (Oxford, England)

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

615.9

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

QP631

LC item number

.G85 1997eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography
• handbooks

NLM call number

• 1998 D-801
• QW 630

NLM item number

G946 1997

Series statement

Guide book series