The Comprehensive Sourcebook of Bacterial Protein Toxins

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0120530759 ISBN 13: 9780120530755

Verlag: Academic Press Inc, 1999

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"Anyone interested in bacterial protein toxins will easily find here all the relevant information or references required. ...an essential contribution , the keystone in the field. -TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES (November 2000) ...considerably more comprehensive and explicit than the first edition...well-written, up-to-date, thorough, and detailed information with substantive reference lists...an excellent and valuable reference book that is a must for any microbiology library. -Brenda Anne Wilson, University of Illinois, in ASM NEWS (2000) This second edition is a remarkably clear and thoughtful resource on the genetics, stucture, function, and mechanism of action of microbial protein toxins. ...I consider this book to be an exceptional academic effort and would highly recommend to anyone working in this field that they acquire the text for their personal collection. Furthermore, I suggest that it would be an outstanding textbook for a graduate level course on molecular pathogenesis or microbial toxicology. I find it to be first-rate. -Charles E. Edmiston, Jr., PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, for DOODY'S ...the publication of the second edition of The Comprehensive Sourcebook of Bacterial Protein Toxins is particularly welcome. This new version is not just an update of the previous volume; rather, it is an entirely new book, which describes novel concepts such as pathogenicity islands, as well as novel toxins. This book contains contributions from authoritative toxin experts and comprehensive references on the subject. Furthermore, it gives a good perspective of the field, providing clear indications on the future directions and targets in bacterial-protein-toxin research. What emerges is the tendency to overlap and mix the expertise of microbiology, cell biology and molecular medicine, which provides insights and synergies unmatched before, allowing a more effective exploration of the richness of the bacterial world. -Giampietro Schiavo, Giovanna Lalli and Judit Herreros, Molecular Neuropathology Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, UK for TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY Praise for the First Edition ...Recommended without reservation... first-class collection of up-to-date, detailed, well presented articles... an essential text... covers every aspect of bacterial protein toxins... -SOCIETY FOR GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY QUARTERLY ...a well-balanced, comprehensive text offering a wealth of knowledge on bacterial toxins... -AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY NEWS ...a good source on specific topics of interest. -SCIENCE ...a most complete and exhaustive referenced up-to-date textbook and reference book on bacterial protein toxins... the chapters are clearly written by internationally known specialists and are well documented. -LWT FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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The Comprehensive Sourcebook of Bacterial Protein Toxins, Second Edition, provides an up-to-date description of the great advances made in our understanding of the structure, genetics, cellular, and molecular mechanisms of action of bacterial protein toxins over the past decade. This work follows and expands on the first edition (published in 1991), with 70 per cent totally new content and full-color illustrations. Molecular biology, microbiology, immunology, cell biology, protein engineering, structural biochemistry, and clinical research in infectious diseases are brought together to provide a complete overview of the field.