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As little as two decades ago, deliberately injecting botulinum toxin into patients would have seemed foolhardy at best and criminal at worst. The increased clinical use of botulinum toxins has expanded the body of knowledge available on the structure and function of these proteins. This knowledge can be applied to topics as varied as therapies based on the endopeptidase activity of the toxins, vaccine development, protection against botulism, and vectors for neurona… More >>
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Written by an international team of leading scientists, this volume draws together a wealth of information on the structure, regulation, and activity of bacterial protein toxins. A comprehensive sourcebook on bacterial toxins, Sourcebook of Bacterial Protein Toxins is the first book designed to draw together current knowledge on these toxins.
The 22 chapters of this book have been written by 44 internationally known specialists who have significantly contributed … More >>
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Quai Ernest-Arsermet, Geneva, Switzerland. Presents advances made in dissecting the different steps of the mode of action of pore-forming toxins and the effect of these toxins on their target cells. … More >>
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This book presents edited papers from the 6th International Symposium on Poisonous Plants, held in Scotland in August 2001. It covers a range of topics from plant biochemistry to toxic effects in animals (particularly grazing farm animals) and humans. There are also papers considering fungal and bacterial toxins that are associated with plants…. More >>
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Research Center Borstel, Germany. Methods for the investigation of bacterial exo- and endotoxins. Provides a collection of readily reproducible methods designed to help today’s bacterial toxin investigators utilize a wide array of powerful research tools. For researchers…. More >>