Microbial protein toxins /edited by Manfred J. Schmitt, Raffael Schaffrath. --Springer, 2005. -- (63.3393/M626)

Contents

Contents:

1.       Diphtheria toxin, diphtheria-related fusion protein toxins, and the molecular mechanism of their action against eukaryotic cells  1

2.       Anthrax toxin and genetic aspects regulating its expression  21

3.       Shiga toxins and their mechanisms of cell entry  35

4.       Cholera toxin: mechanisms of entry into host cells  55

5.       ExoU: a cytotoxin elivered by the type III secretion system of pseudomonas aeruginosa  69

6.       Staphylococcal alpha-toxin  91

7.       S. cerevisiae K28 toxin – a secreted virus toxin of the A/B family of protein toxins  111

8.       Kluyveromyces lactis zymocin and other plasmid-encoded yeast killer toxins  133

9.       The ustilago maydis killer toxins  157

10.   Zygocin – a monomeric protein toxin secreted by virus-infected  175

11.   Acidophilic structure and killing mechanism of the pichia farinose killer toxin SMKT  189

12.   Ricin: structure, synthesis, and mode of action  215