Bacterial protein toxins /
Bacterial protein toxins /
edited by Drusilla L. Burns ... [et al.].
- Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, c2003.
- xvi, 348 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
I. GENETICS AND REGULATION
1 Two-Component Systems
Scott Stibitz
2 Regulation of Bacterial Toxin Synthesis by Iron
Shelley M. Payne
3 AraC Family Regulators and Transcriptional Control of Bacterial Virulence
Determinants
Dara W. Frank and Meredith L. Hunt
4 Quorum Sensing
Everett C. Pesci and Barbara H. Iglewski
II. TOXIN BIOGENESIS: CROSSING BACTERIAL MEMBRANE BARRIERS
Box 1: Type V Export Systems: Proteins That Export Themselves
Drusilla L. Burns
5 The Type I Export Mechanism
Vassilis Koronakis, Jeyanthy Eswaran, and Colin Hughes
6 Toxins and Type II Secretion Systems
Maria E. Scott and Maria Sandkvist
7 Type III Secretion Systems
Gregory V. Piano, Kurt Schesser, and Matthew L. Nilles
Box 2 Pathogenicity Islands
Jorg Hacker
8 Type IV Secretion Systems
Drusilla L. Burns
III. TOXIN DELIVERY INTO EUKARYOTIC CELLS
9 Receptors for Bacterial Toxins
Catharine B. Saelinger
Box 3 Domain Structures of Bacterial Toxins
Stephen H. Leppla
Box 4 Recombinant Immunotoxins
David J. FitzGerald, Robert J. Kreitman, and Ira Pastan
10 Direct Penetration of Bacterial Toxins across the Plasma Membrane
Franca R. Zaretzky, Mary C. Gray, and Erik L. Hewlett
11 Transport of Toxins across Intracellular Membranes
Kirsten Sandvig
12 Transcytosis of Bacterial Toxins across Mucosal Barriers
Bonny L. Dickinson and Wayne I. Lencer
Box 5 Lipid Rafts
Bonny L. Dickinson and Wayne I. Lencer
IV. TOXIN ACTION
13 Membrane-Damaging Toxins: Pore Formation
F. Gisou van der Goot
Box 6 The Vacuolating Toxin VacA of Helicobacter pylori
F. Gisou van der Goot
14 Membrane-Damaging Toxins: Family of RTX Toxins
Camilla Oxhamre and Agneta Richter-Dahlfors
15 Bacterial Toxins that Covalently Modify Eukaryotic Proteins by
ADP-Ribosylation
Joseph T. Barbieri and Drusilla L. Burns
Box 7 Discovery that the Active Sites of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A
and the Heat-Labile Enterotoxin of Escherichia coli Are Superimposable
Wim Hol
16 Glucosylating and Deamidating Bacterial Protein Toxins
Klaus Aktories
17 Plant and Bacterial Toxins as RNA N-Glycosidases
Angela Melton-Celsa and Alison D. O'Brien
18 Cytolethal Distending Toxin
Lawrence A. Dreyfus
19 Proteases
Ornella Rossetto, Fiorella Tonello, and Cesare Montecucco
Box 8 Landmarks in Tetanus and Botulinum Research
Ornella Rossetto, Fiorella Tonello, and Cesare Montecucco
20 Bacterial Toxins that Modulate Rho GTPase Activity
James B. Bliska and Gloria I Viboud
21 Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Superantigens
Patrick M. Schlievert
V. BACTERIAL TOXINS: FRIENDS AND FOES
22 Toxins as Vaccines and Adjuvants
Mariagrazia Pizza, Vega Masignani, and Rino Rappuoli
23 Nefarious Uses of Bacterial Toxins
Drusilla L. Burns and Joseph T. Barbieri
1555812457
Bacterial toxins.
Bacterial Toxins.
Bacterial Proteins.
QW 630.5.B2 B131 2003 / B131 2003
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
I. GENETICS AND REGULATION
1 Two-Component Systems
Scott Stibitz
2 Regulation of Bacterial Toxin Synthesis by Iron
Shelley M. Payne
3 AraC Family Regulators and Transcriptional Control of Bacterial Virulence
Determinants
Dara W. Frank and Meredith L. Hunt
4 Quorum Sensing
Everett C. Pesci and Barbara H. Iglewski
II. TOXIN BIOGENESIS: CROSSING BACTERIAL MEMBRANE BARRIERS
Box 1: Type V Export Systems: Proteins That Export Themselves
Drusilla L. Burns
5 The Type I Export Mechanism
Vassilis Koronakis, Jeyanthy Eswaran, and Colin Hughes
6 Toxins and Type II Secretion Systems
Maria E. Scott and Maria Sandkvist
7 Type III Secretion Systems
Gregory V. Piano, Kurt Schesser, and Matthew L. Nilles
Box 2 Pathogenicity Islands
Jorg Hacker
8 Type IV Secretion Systems
Drusilla L. Burns
III. TOXIN DELIVERY INTO EUKARYOTIC CELLS
9 Receptors for Bacterial Toxins
Catharine B. Saelinger
Box 3 Domain Structures of Bacterial Toxins
Stephen H. Leppla
Box 4 Recombinant Immunotoxins
David J. FitzGerald, Robert J. Kreitman, and Ira Pastan
10 Direct Penetration of Bacterial Toxins across the Plasma Membrane
Franca R. Zaretzky, Mary C. Gray, and Erik L. Hewlett
11 Transport of Toxins across Intracellular Membranes
Kirsten Sandvig
12 Transcytosis of Bacterial Toxins across Mucosal Barriers
Bonny L. Dickinson and Wayne I. Lencer
Box 5 Lipid Rafts
Bonny L. Dickinson and Wayne I. Lencer
IV. TOXIN ACTION
13 Membrane-Damaging Toxins: Pore Formation
F. Gisou van der Goot
Box 6 The Vacuolating Toxin VacA of Helicobacter pylori
F. Gisou van der Goot
14 Membrane-Damaging Toxins: Family of RTX Toxins
Camilla Oxhamre and Agneta Richter-Dahlfors
15 Bacterial Toxins that Covalently Modify Eukaryotic Proteins by
ADP-Ribosylation
Joseph T. Barbieri and Drusilla L. Burns
Box 7 Discovery that the Active Sites of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A
and the Heat-Labile Enterotoxin of Escherichia coli Are Superimposable
Wim Hol
16 Glucosylating and Deamidating Bacterial Protein Toxins
Klaus Aktories
17 Plant and Bacterial Toxins as RNA N-Glycosidases
Angela Melton-Celsa and Alison D. O'Brien
18 Cytolethal Distending Toxin
Lawrence A. Dreyfus
19 Proteases
Ornella Rossetto, Fiorella Tonello, and Cesare Montecucco
Box 8 Landmarks in Tetanus and Botulinum Research
Ornella Rossetto, Fiorella Tonello, and Cesare Montecucco
20 Bacterial Toxins that Modulate Rho GTPase Activity
James B. Bliska and Gloria I Viboud
21 Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Superantigens
Patrick M. Schlievert
V. BACTERIAL TOXINS: FRIENDS AND FOES
22 Toxins as Vaccines and Adjuvants
Mariagrazia Pizza, Vega Masignani, and Rino Rappuoli
23 Nefarious Uses of Bacterial Toxins
Drusilla L. Burns and Joseph T. Barbieri
1555812457
Bacterial toxins.
Bacterial Toxins.
Bacterial Proteins.
QW 630.5.B2 B131 2003 / B131 2003