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Vibrio cholerae, the causative organism of the disease Cholera, colonizes the small intestine and produces several different toxins among which the enterotoxin, or more widely known as cholera toxin (CT), happens to be the major virulence determinant that is responsible for the diarrheal syndrome. This book provides for the first time comprehensive and up-to-date information about all the toxins of Vibrio cholerae, their physical and chemical structures, their biosynthesis and its genetic regulation, their physiology, the molecular biology of their interactions with the host as well as their role in the development of an appropriate and effective cholera vaccine. It also offers relevant and necessary background information on the basic biology of the Vibrio cholerae cell and cholera bacteriophages.

Cholera toxin. --- Cholera toxin --- Bacterial Toxins --- ADP Ribose Transferases --- Enterotoxins --- Toxins, Biological --- Pentosyltransferases --- Biological Factors --- Glycosyltransferases --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Transferases --- Enzymes --- Enzymes and Coenzymes --- Cholera Toxin --- Biology --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Infectious Diseases --- Enterotoxins. --- Enterotoxin --- Cholera enterotoxin --- Cholera exotoxin --- Choleragen --- Choleragenoid --- CT (Cholera toxin) --- CTX (Cholera toxin) --- Procholeragenoid --- Vibrio cholerae enterotoxin --- Medicine. --- Medical microbiology. --- Pharmacology. --- Food --- Biochemistry. --- Cell biology. --- Microbiology. --- Biomedicine. --- Medical Microbiology. --- Food Science. --- Biochemistry, general. --- Cell Biology. --- Pharmacology/Toxicology. --- Biotechnology. --- Bacterial toxins --- NAD-ADP-ribosyltransferase --- Food science. --- Cytology. --- Toxicology. --- Chemicals --- Pharmacology --- Poisoning --- Poisons --- Cell biology --- Cellular biology --- Cells --- Cytologists --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Science --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms --- Toxicology --- Composition --- Food—Biotechnology. --- Drug effects --- Medical pharmacology --- Chemotherapy --- Drugs --- Pharmacy --- Physiological effect

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General microbiology --- Histology. Cytology --- General biochemistry --- Pharmacology. Therapy --- Medical microbiology, virology, parasitology --- Food science and technology --- medische microbiologie --- farmacie --- farmacologie --- biochemie --- microbiologie --- toxicologie --- voedingsleer --- cytologie --- histologie

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This book provides a detailed account of the physico-chemical properties and biological functions of the outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) of different pathogenic and non-pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria. It also includes an authentic record of the first systematic study that discovered the mechanism of OMV formation by a pathogen, Vibrio cholerae, and proposed that the process represented a novel secretory activity of bacteria. Furthermore, the authors present clinical and laboratory data on the use of OMVs as immunogens, as effective and licensed vaccines against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B infections and on the development of more effective vaccines against other human and animal pathogens including Vibrio cholerae. This volume thus bears witness to the emerging revolution in the field of vaccines against pathogens and closes with a discussion of open questions and future research on OMVs.

Biomembranes --- General microbiology --- Histology. Cytology --- Immunology. Immunopathology --- Medical microbiology, virology, parasitology --- immunologie --- medische microbiologie --- membranen (biologie) --- biologie --- microbiologie --- bacteriologie