Introduction to modern virology:
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Main Author: Dimmock, Nigel J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA Blackwell Pub. 2007
Edition:6th ed
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Online Access:TUM01
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Item Description:Previous ed.: 2001
Includes bibliographical references and index
What is a virus? Towards a definition of a virus ; Some methods for studying animal viruses ; The structure of virus particles ; Classification of viruses -- Virus growth in cells. The process of infection, I : attachment of viruses and the entry of their genomes into the target cell ; The process of infection, IIA : the replication of viral DNA ; The process of infection, IIB : genome replication in RNA viruses ; The process of infection, IIC : the replication of RNA viruses with a DNA intermediate and vice versa ; The process of infection, IIIA : gene expression in DNA viruses and reverse-transcribing viruses ; The process of infection, IIIB : gene expression and its regulation in RNA viruses ; The process of infection, IV : the assembly of viruses -- Virus interactions with the whole organism. The immune system and virus neutralization ; Interactions between animal viruses and cells ; Animal virus-host interactions ; Mechanisms in virus latency ; Transmission of viruses ; The evolution of viruses -- Viruses and disease. Human viral disease : an overview ; HIV and AIDS ; Carcinogenesis and tumor viruses ; Vaccines and antivirals : the prevention and treatment of virus diseases ; Prion diseases ; Horizons in human virology
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 516 p.)
ISBN:1444308920
9781444308921

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