Microbial toxins

Microbial Toxins, Volume IV: Bacterial Endotoxins covers a general introduction of bacterial endotoxins, as well as research concerning structure (both morphological and physical), chemistry, immunology, biosynthesis, and genetics of bacterial endotoxins. The book describes the general characteristics of bacterial endotoxins; the anatomy and chemistry of Gram-negative cell envelopes; and the physical structure of bacterial lipopolysaccharides. The text also discusses the isolation and chemical and immunological characterization of bacterial lipopolysaccharides; the chemistry of the unique carb.

Front Cover; Bacterial Endotoxins; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents of Other Volumes; CHAPTER 1. General Characteristics; I. Introduction. Toward a Definition; II. Source in Cell; III. Host-Reactive Properties; IV. Physicochemical Properties; V. A Provisional Definition; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. The Anatomy and Chemistry of Gram-Negative Cell Envelopes; I. Anatomy of Envelopes; II. Chemistry of the Gram-Negative Cell Envelope; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. The Physical Structure of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides

I. IntroductionII. Problems in the Study of Lipopolysaccharide Structure; III. The Physical Shape of Lipopolysaccharide; IV. Determinants of Physical Shape; V. Physical Structure and Biological Function; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. Isolation and Chemical and Immunological Characterization of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides; I. Introduction; II. Isolation and Properties of Lipopolysaccharides; III. Sugar Constituents and Composition of Lipopolysaccharides; IV. Structure of the O-Specific Chains and Chemical Basis of the Immunological Specificities of the O Factors

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