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Textbook of medical virology /
Textbook of Medical Virology presents a critical review of general principles in the field of medical virology. It discusses the description and molecular structures of virus. It addresses the morphology and classifications of viruses. It also demonstrates the principal aspects of virus particle str...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Boston :
Butterworths,
1983.
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| Edición: | English edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Inside Front Cover; Copyright; Preface; List of contributors; Chapter 1: Viruses
- a unique kind of infectious agent; Publisher Summary; Chapter 2: The morphology of virus particles. Classification of viruses; Publisher Summary; Infectious nucleic acid; Principal aspects of virus particle structure; Live or dead materia?; Structural proteins
- symmetry arrangements; The virus envelope; Classification of viruses; Introduction to different families of animal viruses; Chapter 3: The biochemistry of virus particles; Publisher Summary; Virus-DNA.
- Virus-RNAVirus proteins; Additional components in virions; Chapter 4: Viral gene products; their immunological properties and biological activities; Publisher Summary; Viral antigens; Haemagglutination; Cell fusion and haemolysis; Enzymatic activities of viral gene products; Chapter 5: Cultivation of viruses; Publisher Summary; Identification and propagation of viruses in tissue and cell cultures; Identification and propagation of viruses in embryonated hen's eggs; Identification and cultivation of viruses in experimental animals; Chapter 6: General views on virus replication.
- Publisher SummaryMorphological methods for analysis of virus replication; Molecular methods for characterization of virus replication; Quantitative determination of virus infectivity; Quantitative determination of other biological properties of viral products; The different phases of virus replication; Blocking of virus replication with metabolic inhibitors; Chapter 7: Attachment of viruses to cell receptors and penetration of viruses into cells; Publisher Summary; Virus and receptors; Penetration; Chapter 8: Replication, transcription and translation of RNA viruses; Publisher Summary.
- Classes of RNA virusesReoviruses; Togaviruses; Rhabdoviruses and paramyxoviruses; Orthomyxoviruses; Retroviruses; Chapter 9: Replication, transcription and translation of DNA viruses; Publisher Summary; Parvoviruses; Papovaviruses; Adenoviruses; Herpesviruses; Poxviruses; Chapter 10: The morphogenesis of virions; Publisher Summary; The maturation and release of non-enveloped viruses; The morphogenesis of enveloped viruses; Chapter 11: Virus-induced changes of cell structures and functions; Publisher Summary; Cytopathic changes; Inclusions in virus-infected cells.
- The effect of integration of viral antigens in cellular membranesEffects of viruses on functions of highly specialized cells; Chromosomal changes; Virus-induced cell transformation; Properties of transformed cells; The occurrence of virus-specific antigens in transformed cells; Transformation mechanisms of different tumour viruses; Interferon; Chapter 12: Virus genetics; Publisher Summary; Mutations; Chemical and physical mutagenesis; The effect of mutations on the phenotype; Selection of mutants; Recombination; Phenotypic mixing and complementation; Phenotypic mixing of virus components.