Principles of molecular virology /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
[2001]
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Viruses are distinct from living organisms
- The history of virology
- Living host systems
- Cell culture methods
- Serological/immunological methods
- Ultrastructural studies
- 'Molecular biology'
- Particles
- The function and formation of virus particles
- Capsid symmetry and virus architecture
- Enveloped viruses
- Complex virus structures
- Protein-nucleic acid interactions and genome packaging
- Virus receptors - recognition and binding
- Other interactions of the virus capsid with the host cell
- Genomes
- The structure and complexity of virus genomes
- Molecular genetics
- Virus genetics
- Virus mutants
- Genetic interactions between viruses
- Non-genetic interactions between viruses
- 'Large' DNA genomes
- 'Small' DNA genomes
- Positive-strand RNA viruses
- Negative-strand RNA viruses
- Segmented and multipartite virus genomes
- Reverse transcription and transposition
- Evolution and epidemiology
- Replication
- Overview of virus replication
- Investigation of virus replication
- The replication cycle
- Expression
- Expression of genetic information
- Control of prokaryote gene expression
- Control of expression in bacteriophage
- Control of eukaryote gene expression
- Genome coding strategies
- Transcriptional control of expression
- Post-transcriptional control of expression
- Infection
- Virus infections of plants
- Immune responses to virus infections in animals
- Viruses and apoptosis
- Interferons
- Evasion of immune responses by viruses
- Virus-host interactions
- The course of virus infections
- Prevention and therapy of virus infection
- Virus vectors and gene therapy
- Chemotherapy of virus infections
- Pathogenesis
- Mechanisms of cellular injury
- Viruses and immunodeficiency
- Virus-related diseases
- Bacteriophages and human disease
- Cell transformation by viruses
- Viruses and cancer
- New and emergent viruses
- Subviral agents: genomes without viruses, viruses without genomes
- Satellites and viroids
- Prions
- Appendix 1: Glossary and abbreviations
- Appendix 2: Classification of subcellular infectious agents
- Appendix 3: The history of virology
- Appendix 4: Answers to self-assessment questions.