| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Guide book series |
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Guidebook series (Oxford, England)
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Membrane permeabilizing toxins -- 2. Toxins affecting signal transduction -- 3. Toxins affecting protein synthesis -- 4. Cytoskeleton-affecting toxins -- 5. Toxins affecting the immune and inflammatory response -- 6. Toxins affecting membrane traffic -- 7. Sodium channel-targeted toxins -- 8. Potassium channel-targeted toxins -- 9. Calcium channel-targeted toxins -- 10. Acetylcholine receptor targeted toxins -- 11. Ryanodine receptor toxins -- 12. Presynaptic toxins -- 13. Glutamate receptor-targeted toxins |
| 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 |
| Notes |
"A Sambrook & Tooze publication at Oxford University Press." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Toxins -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Toxins
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MEDICAL -- Toxicology.
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Toxins
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Cytologie
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Proteine
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Toxin
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Vergif.
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Eiwitten.
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Toxines.
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rappuoli, Rino
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Montecucco, C. (Cesare)
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| ISBN |
0585484228 |
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9780585484228 |
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1280375302 |
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9781280375309 |
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