Guidebook to Protein Toxins and Their Use in Cell Biology

ISBN: 9780198599548 出版年：1997 页码：275 Oxford University Press

Many bacteria, animals, and plants produce toxins that can prove lethal to other organisms. Toxins are a form of "biological warfare" that helps their producer to survive and so confer an evolutionary advantage. They display an extraordinary range of complexity, from the formic acid provided by ants to bacterial proteins composed of thousands of amino acids. This Guidebook catalogues protein and peptide toxins, and will be of great interest to the cell biologist.