Description
Springer-Verlag Berlin And Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. K Cholera Toxins by Keya Chaudhuri , S. N. Chatterjee
To Start With We Feel That We Should Explain Why The Book Has Been Entitled Cholera Toxins. In Fact The Enterotoxin Secreted By Vibrio Cholerae Which Is P- Marily Responsible For Causation Of The Disease Is Conventionally Known As Or Referred To As Cholera Toxin Or Ct. By Using The Word Toxins (In Its Plural Form) We Wanted To Cover All Of The Different Types Of Toxins-And Not Just Ct-Produced By V. Cholerae. We Could Have Used The Title Toxins Of Vibrio Cholerae But We Believe That Cholera Toxins Is Simpler And Equally As Expressive. However Due To Its Relative Importance The Story Of Ct Covers Most Of This Book. Also Compared To All Other Toxins Of V. Cholerae Ct Has Been Investigated More Extensively. This Book Was Jointly Written By Us. It Is Not A Multiauthor Book In Which Each Expert Writes One Chapter. In That Respect Our Task Is Harder. On The Other Hand It Has Given Us The Unique Opportunity To Present The Entire Subject In The Way That We Conceived It. Besides Our Objective Is To Cater To The Needs Of Not Only Active Research Scientists But Also Students From Different Disciplines-Microbiology Molecular Physiology And Pharmacology Basic Medicines Etc. -And As Such We Have Attempted To Present The Subject In A Way That Will Be Appreciated By General Readers. Further We Have Provided Some Information That Students And Predoctoral Researchers May Find Useful At The End Of The Book.