role in the interference with cell growth regulation /
edited by Alistair Lax.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
1 online resource (xiv, 239 pages) :
illustrations (some color)
Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ;
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Toxins and the interaction between bacterium and host / Alistair J. Lax -- The mitogenic Pasteurella multocida toxin and cellular signalling / Gillian D. Pullinger -- Rho-activating toxins and growth regulation / Gudula Schmidt and Klaus Aktories -- Cytolethal distending toxins : a paradigm for bacterial cyclostatins / Bernard Ducommun and Jean De Rycke -- Bartonella signalling and endothelial cell proliferation / Garret Ihler, Anita Verma, and Javier Arevalo -- Type III-delivered toxins that target signalling pathways / Luís J. Mota and Guy R. Cornelis -- Bacterial toxins and bone remodelling / Neil W.A. McGowan [and others] -- Helicobacter pylori mechanisms for inducing epithelial cell proliferation / Michael Naumann and Jean E. Crabtree -- Bacteria and cancer / Christine P.J. Caygill and Michael J. Hill -- What is there still to learn about bacterial toxins? / Alistair J. Lax.
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Bacterial toxins are potent molecular poisons that are released by bacteria to cause disease. This book describes how toxins can enter cells to subvert cell function by interfering with the key processes involved in cell growth and division, and the ability of cells to differentiate into specialised cells.