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Cholera Toxins
Chaudhuri, Keya; Chatterjee, Smriti N.
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Description for Cholera Toxins
Hardcover. This book provides for the first time comprehensive and up-to-date information about all the toxins of Vibrio cholerae. It also offers relevant and necessary background information on the basic biology of the Vibrio cholerae cell and cholera bacteriophages. Num Pages: 321 pages, 18 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MMFM; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 666.
To start with, we feel that we should explain why the book has been entitled Cholera Toxins. In fact, the enterotoxin secreted by Vibrio cholerae, which is p- marily responsible for causation of the disease, is conventionally known as or referred to as cholera toxin, or CT. By using the word “toxins” (in its plural form), we wanted to cover all of the different types of toxins—and not just CT—produced by V. cholerae. We could have used the title Toxins of Vibrio cholerae, but we believe that Cholera Toxins is simpler and equally as expressive. However, due to its relative ... Read more
To start with, we feel that we should explain why the book has been entitled Cholera Toxins. In fact, the enterotoxin secreted by Vibrio cholerae, which is p- marily responsible for causation of the disease, is conventionally known as or referred to as cholera toxin, or CT. By using the word “toxins” (in its plural form), we wanted to cover all of the different types of toxins—and not just CT—produced by V. cholerae. We could have used the title Toxins of Vibrio cholerae, but we believe that Cholera Toxins is simpler and equally as expressive. However, due to its relative ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
321
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540884514
SKU
V9783540884514
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About Chaudhuri, Keya; Chatterjee, Smriti N.
Dr. Keya Chaudhuri (b. 1952) obtained her PhD degree from Jadavpur University in 1983 and is presently working as Senior Scientist & Deputy Director at the Molecular & Human Genetics Division of the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India. Her research focuses on Vibrio cholerae infection, mainly on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of the disease-process, with special emphasis ... Read more
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