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Chapter 1: Cholera Toxin: Mechanism of Action and Potential Use in Vaccine Development (G. Zhang, <i>et al.</i>). <p>Chapter 2: Cholera Toxin and <i>Escherichia coli</i> Heat-labile Enterotoxin: Biochemical Methods for Assessing Enzymatic Activities (W. Patton, <i>et al.</i>).</p> <p>Chapter 3: Pertussis Toxin (C. Locht and R. Antoine).</p> <p>Chapter 4: Pertussis Toxin as a Cell Biology Tool (B. Nürnberg).</p> <p>Chapter 5: <i>Clostridium botulinum</i> ADP-ribosyltransferase C3 (K. Aktories and G. Koch).</p> <p>Chapter 6: <i>Clostridium botulinum</i> C3 Exoenzyme and Studies on Rho Proteins (C. Nobes and A. Hall).</p> <p>Chapter 7: Preparation of <i>Clostridium botulinum</i> C3 Exoenzyme and Application of ADP-ribosylation of Rho Proteins in Biological Systems (Y. Saito and S. Narumiya).</p> <p>Chapter 8: Actin-ADP-ribosylating Toxins: Cytotoxic Mechanisms of <i>Clostridium botulinum</i> C2 Toxin and <i>Clostridium perfringens</i> lota Toxin (K. Aktories, <i>et al.</i>).</p> <p>Chapter 9: Purification, Activation and Endocytosis of Botulinum C2 Toxin (I. Ohishi).</p> <p>Chapter 10: The Role of the <i>Clostridium botulinum</i> C2 Toxin as a Research Tool of Study Eucaryotic Cell Biology (I. L. Simpson).</p> <p>Chapter 11: Probing the Actin Cytoskeleton by <i>Clostridium botulinum</i> C2 Toxin and <i>Clostridium perfringes</i> lota Toxin (K. Aktories, <i>et al.</i>).</p> <p>Chapter 12: <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Toxins (M. Thelestam, <i>et al.</i>).</p> <p>Chapter 13: <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Toxin B as a Probe for Rho GTPases (I. Just, <i>et al.</i>).</p> <p>Chapter 14: Clostridial Neurotoxins (G. Schiavo and C. Montecucco).</p> <p>Chapter 15: Isolated Nerve Terminals as a Model System for the Study of Botulinum and Tetanus Toxins (J. Blasi, <i>et al.</i>).</p> <p>Chapter 16: Clostridial Toxins and Endocrine Secretion: Their Use in Insulin-Secreting Cells (J. Lang, <i>et al.</i>).</p> <p>Chapter 17: Pore-forming Toxins (S. Bhakdi, <i>et al.</i>).</p> <p>Chapter 18: Application of Alpha-toxin and Streptolysin O as Tools in Cell Biological (G. Ahnert-Hilger and U. Weller).</p> <p>Chapter 19: Toxins as Transporting Tools (S. Olsnes, <i>et al.</i>).</p> <p>Chapter 20: A Brief Guide to the Safe Handling of Biological Toxin (A. B. Maksymowych and L. L. Simpson).</p> <p>Subject Index.</p>

<p>Klaus Aktories is the author of Bacterial Toxins: Tools in Cell Biology and Pharmacology, published by Wiley.

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