Bacterial Toxins

Bacterial Protein Toxins.- Purification of Clostridium botulinum Type A Neurotoxin.- Shiga Toxins.- Isolation and Detection of Microcystins and Nodularins, Cyanobacterial Peptide Hepatotoxins.- Genetic Construction, Expression, and Characterization of Diphtheria Toxin-Based Growth Factor Fusion Proteins.- Structure-Function Analysis of Cysteine-Engineered Entomopathogenic Toxins.- Use of Fourier-Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy for Secondary Structure Determination of Staphylococcal Pore-Forming Toxins.- The Use of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer to Detect Conformational Changes in Protein Toxins.- Site-Directed Spin Labeling of Proteins.- Characterization of Molecular Properties of Pore-Forming Toxins with Planar Lipid Bilayers.- Determination of Affinity and Kinetic Rate Constants Using Surface Plasmon Resonance.- ADP-Ribosylation of ?-Gi Proteins by Pertussis Toxin.- Phage Libraries for Generation of Anti-Botulinum scFv Antibodies.- T-Cell Cytotoxicity Assays for Studying the Functional Interaction Between the Superantigen Staphylococcal Enterotoxin A and T-Cell Receptors.- In Vitro Physiological Studies on Clostridial Neurotoxins.- The Biology of Endotoxin.- Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry of Lipopolysaccharides.- Applications of Combined Capillary Electrophoresis-Electrospray Mass Spectrometry in the Characterization of Short-Chain Lipopolysaccharides.- Deacylation of Lipopolysaccharides and Isolation of Oligosaccharide Phosphates.- Electrophysiological Measurements on Reconstituted Outer Membranes.

"The editor has put together an outstanding text on the current protocols used in the study of protein toxins. The caliber of the contributors is outstanding and represents an international perspective. While the editor does not present the text as an exhaustive discussion of microbial toxins, there is a focus on those areas where there is current and active research such as toxin-receptor kinetics, the use of fluorescence resonance energy transfer to detect structural changes in protein toxins, and CE-ESMS of short-chain lipopolysaccharides in Haemophilus influenzae. The organization and content level of this manual makes it a highly desirable addition to either a personal or a departmental library. "-Doody's Health Science Book Review Journal