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Bacterial Protein Toxins: An Overview

By: Joseph E. Alouf²

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This short overview attempts to highlight the current state of the art relevant to bacterial protein toxins. In particular we outline the major achievements in this field during the past decade and briefly describe some significant hallmarks of toxinological research since the advent of modern methodologies elucidating the biochemistry, genetics, and cell biology of these fascinating bacterial effectors.

Affiliation(s): (2) Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France

Book Title: Bacterial Toxins: Methods and Protocols

Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 145 | Pub. Date: Mar-10-2000 | Page Range: 1-26 | DOI: 10.1385/1-59259-052-7:1

Subject: Infectious Diseases

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