Discovering retroviruses : beacons in the biosphere /

When invading a host cell, viruses seize cell machinery to make copies of their own genes. The immune system recognizes the invasion. In contrast, retroviruses colonize host cells through the process of reverse transcriptase. Retroviruses open host cell DNA and graft in their retroviral RNA, integra...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Skalka, Anna Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Retroviruses.
Retrovirus infections.
Viruses > Evolution.
Medicine > Research > History.
Medicine > History.
Retroviridae
Retroviridae Infections
Viruses > growth & development
History of Medicine
Rétrovirus.
Infections à rétrovirus.
Virus > Évolution.
Médecine > Recherche > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire.
history of medicine.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Microbiology.
Medicine
Medicine > Research
Retrovirus infections
Retroviruses
Viruses > Evolution
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Early pioneers
  • Amending the central dogma
  • The origin of retroviruses
  • Retroviruses and evolution
  • Revealing the genetic basis of cancer
  • HIV and the AIDS pandemic.

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