Bacterial Toxins
A section of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651).
Section Information
The “Bacterial Toxins” section of Toxins invites the submission of high quality manuscripts that report new investigations into all aspects of research on bacterial toxins, including but not limited to: mechanisms of toxin action; toxin transport or processing by host cells; host responses to bacterial toxins; novel properties of bacterial toxins; structure-function studies; mechanisms to detect and neutralize minute quantities of bacterial toxins; toxin evolution and classification; and clinical effects and case reports including applications of bacterial toxins as novel therapeutic compounds, and vaccine development and vaccine testing. The editors will also consider reviews that summarize current thinking or present controversial viewpoints for further discussion. Short communications that report important self-contained observations are also welcome.
Keywords
adaptive immune response; animal modelling; antitoxins; apoptosis; biochemistry; bioinformatics; clinical laboratory; chemokines; clinical trials; cytokines: cytotoxicity; detection methods; diagnostic methods; environmental contaminants; ER stress; evolution; expression; gene expression profiling; inflammasome; intracellular transport; innate immune response; in vitro diagnostics; mechanism of action; molecular modelling; necrosis; next-generation sequencing; NMR; pattern recognition receptors; PCR; pathology; pathophysiology; peptides; pharmacology; pharmacokinetics; phylogeny; physiology; pore formation; protein; proteome; proteomics; purification; qPCR; RT-qPCR; pyroptosis; receptor analogues; receptor interaction; retrograde transport; ribotoxic stress response; taxonomy; therapeutic intervention; therapeutic molecules; toxin; toxinology; transcriptome; transcriptomics; unfolded protein response (UPR); vaccines; X-ray crystallography
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Botulinum Neurotoxin: Shared/Common Mechanisms in the Treatment of Pain, Spasticity and Movement Disorders (Deadline: 9 June 2023)
- Human Antibody Engineering for Prevention and Treatment of Botulism (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Pore Forming Toxins: Protein Expression, Biotechnology and Interactions with the Membrane (Deadline: 14 July 2023)
- Cholera Toxin (Deadline: 15 July 2023)
- Prospective of Cry-Proteins in Application and Overcoming of Pest Resistance (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Immunogenicity of Botulinum Toxin (Deadline: 1 August 2023)
- Enterotoxins and Mucosal Pathomechanisms (Deadline: 15 August 2023)
- Application of Botulinum Neurotoxin in Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunctions: Where Are We Now? II (Deadline: 16 August 2023)
- Bacillus anthracis Toxins (Deadline: 18 August 2023)
- Resistance to Insect-Killing Proteins from the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Toxins (Deadline: 25 August 2023)
- Toxin-Host Interaction of Clostridium Toxins (Deadline: 25 August 2023)
- Botulinum Toxin and Migraine: Goals and Perspectives (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Pore-Forming Toxins from Feature to Function (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
- Botulinum Neurotoxin as a Novel Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Bacillus thuringiensis: A Broader View of Its Biocidal Activity (Deadline: 15 October 2023)
- Botulinum Neurotoxin as a Drug Delivery System (Deadline: 25 October 2023)
- Botulinum Toxin: From Poison to Possible Treatment for Spasticity and Movement Disorder (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Diversity of Botulinum Toxins and Challenges Posed (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Application of Botulinum Toxins in Diseases Treatment (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Immunotoxins: Current Status and Future Perspectives (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Biology and Evolution of Bacterial Toxin–Antitoxin Systems (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Staphyloccocal Enterotoxins and Staphylococcal Food Poisoning (SFP) (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Selected Papers from the Lakeside Conference on Protein Toxins and Effectors 2022 (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Application of Botulinum Toxins in Non-Spastic and Neurodegenerative Disorders (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- New Insights into Shiga Toxin: Mode of Action, Pathogenicity, Risks and Therapies (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- ADP-ribosylation and Beyond (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: