Pore-Forming Toxins (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: April 20, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9783540413868
Subjects: Bacteriology; Biochemistry; Cellular biology; Microbiology; Microbial Morphology; Science; Medical / Nursing; Toxins; Science/Mathematics; Pharmacology; Immunology; Bacterial protein toxins; Science / Microbiology; aerolysin; cell intoxication; cytolysins; Life Sciences - Bacteriology; Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Bacterial Toxins
First sentence: Among the ca. 325 protein toxins produced by gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria so far identified (ALOUF 2000), at least 115 (35%) belong to the group of the so-called membrane-damaging toxins (MDTs).