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Bacterial Toxins: Methods and Protocols pp 1–26Cite as

Bacterial Protein Toxins

An Overview

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This short overview attempts to highlight the current state of the art relevant to bacterial protein toxins. In particular we outline the major achievements in this field during the past decade and briefly describe some significant hallmarks of toxinological research since the advent of modern methodologies elucidating the biochemistry, genetics, and cell biology of these fascinating bacterial effectors.

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Alouf, J.E. (2000). Bacterial Protein Toxins. In: Holst, O. (eds) Bacterial Toxins: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 145. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-052-7:1

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