Secretory Systems and Toxins

ISBN-13: 9789057023354 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 492 str.

Alfonso Grasso;Phillip Lazarovici;Michal Linial

Opis

This volume deals with the relationships between toxins and one of the most fundamental processes in any living cell - the secretory cycle. The reader will find up-to-date information on secretion, generated by experts in this fast evolving field

Spis treści

1. Synaptic Vesicle Proteins - A Molecular Study 2. Dissection of the Secretory Machinery 3. Regulatory Roles for Lipids in Vesicle Trafficking and Secretion 4. Fusion Proteins and the Fusion Events 5. Chromaffin Cells as a Secretory System - The Use of Neurotoxins 6. Botulinum Neurotoxins and Their Substrates 7. Purification, Function and Selectivity in a-Latrotoxin 8. The Synapsins and Neurotransmission 9. Morphological Studies of the Secretory Machinery Using Neurotoxin Probes 10. Molecular Mechanisms of the Action of Clostridium botulinum Type B Neurotoxin 11. Neurotoxins and Safety-Latches of the Secretory Process

O autorze

Michal Linial, Alfonso Grasso, Phillip Lazarovici