BACTERIAL POISONS

By W. LAUNI

CONTENTS RECEPTOR-RELATED RISK FACTORS FOR VEROTOXIN PATHOGENESIS THE HELICOBACTER PYLORI CAGA PROTEIN: A MULTIFUNCTIONAL BACTERIAL TOXIN DELIVERED BY TYPE IV SECRETION PORE-FORMING TOXINS BACTERIAL ENTEROTOXINS AS IMMUNOMODULATORS AND VACCINE ADJUVANTS MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENTS AS CARRIERS FOR BACTERIAL VIRULENCE GENES THE STAPHYLOCOCCAL SUPERANTIGEN-LIKE TOXINS BOTULINUM NEUROTOXINS AS THERAPEUTICS MICROBIAL TOXINS AS TOOLS IN CELL BIOLOGY THE TOXINS OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE