Pore-Forming Toxins
Pore-forming toxins are virulence factors produced by a great variety of pathogenic bacteria ranging from the Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus to the Gram-negative Helicobacter pylory. The recent studies reviewed in this volume describe the progress th
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Editors R.W. Compans, Atlanta/Georgia M. Cooper, Birmingham/Alabama· Y. Ito, Kyoto H. Koprowski, Philadelphia/Pennsylvania· F. Melchers, Basel M. Oldstone, La Jolla/California· S. Olsnes, Oslo M. Potter, Bethesda/Maryland P.K. Vogt, La Jolla/California· H. Wagner, Munich
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Cover Illustration: Ribbon representation of the staphylococcal (Xtoxin monomer when extractedfrom the tridimensional structure of heptamer (Song L et al., Science 1996, 274:1859-1866). The protruding p-hairpin takes part of the transmembrane p-barrel, thus forming the pore. (Figure by G. Prevost on the basis of the figure by Song et al. 1996 Science 274:1859-1866) ISSN ISBN
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Preface
This book attempts for the first time to combine into one volume our current knowledge about some of the best-understood, protein pore-forming bacterial toxins. These fascinating molecules have the intrinsic capacity of existing as two normally incompatible forms, i.e., a fully soluble form and a transmembrane form. How these proteins undergo the metamorphosis between the first and the latter form has been the subject of intense research over the last decades. A combinat
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