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cholera toxins
p 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 .
hardcover springer 2009 isbn13 9783540884514 isbn10 3540884513
abridged n isbn 13 9783540884514 number in series 1 number of pages 321 publisher springer verlag release date 62135769600000