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1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- QUOTES FROM REVIEWS OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION -- THE PRINCIPLES OF MOLECULAR VIROLOGY CD -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION -- VIRUSES ARE DISTINCT FROM LIVING ORGANISMS -- THE HISTORY OF VIROLOGY -- LIVING HOST SYSTEMS -- CELL CULTURE METHODS -- SEROLOGICAL/IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS -- ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDIES -- 'MOLECULAR BIOLOGY' -- FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 2: 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 -- SUMMARY -- FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 3: GENOMES -- THE STRUCTURE AND COMPLEXITY OF VIRUS GENOMES -- MOLECULAR GENETICS -- VIRUS GENETICS -- VIRUS MUTANTS -- SUPPRESSION -- GENETIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN VIRUSES -- NONGENETIC 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 -- SUMMARY -- FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 4: REPLICATION -- OVERVIEW OF VIRUS REPLICATION -- INVESTIGATION OF VIRUS REPLICATION -- THE REPLICATION CYCLE -- SUMMARY -- FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 5: EXPRESSION -- EXPRESSION OF GENETIC INFORMATION -- CONTROL OF PROKARYOTE GENE EXPRESSION -- CONTROL OF EXPRESSION IN BACTERIOPHAGE l -- CONTROL OF EUKARYOTE GENE EXPRESSION -- TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF EXPRESSION -- POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF EXPRESSION -- SUMMARY -- FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 6: 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 -- VIRUS VECTORS AND GENE THERAPY -- CHEMOTHERAPY OF VIRUS INFECTIONS -- SUMMARY -- FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 7: 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 -- ZOONOSES -- BIOTERRORISM -- SUMMARY -- FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 8: SUBVIRAL AGENTS: GENOMES WITHOUT VIRUSES, VIRUSES WITHOUT GENOMES -- SATELLITES AND VIROIDS -- PRIONS -- SUMMARY -- FURTHER READING -- APPENDIX 1: GLOSSARY AND ABBREVIATIONS -- APPENDIX 2: CLASSIFICATION OF SUBCELLULAR INFECTIOUS AGENTS -- APPENDIX 3: THE HISTORY OF VIROLOGY -- INDEX -- Last Page |
| Summary |
Principles of Molecular Virology, Fourth Edition provides an essential introduction to modern virology in a clear and concise manner. It is a highly enjoyable and readable text with numerous illustrations that enhance the reader's understanding of important principles.* New material on virus structure, virus evolution, zoonoses, bushmeat, SARS and bioterrorism * Standard version includes CD-ROM with FLASH animations, virtual interactive tutorials and experiments, self-assessment questions, useful online resources, along with the glossary, classification of subcellular infect |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Molecular virology.
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Viral genomes.
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Viruses -- Reproduction.
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Virus diseases.
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Virus Physiological Phenomena
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Genome, Viral
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Virus Replication
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Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
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Virus Diseases
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology.
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Viruses -- Reproduction
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Virus diseases
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Viral genomes
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Molecular virology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0080470726 |
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9780080470726 |
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9780120887880 |
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0120887886 |
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