Desk Encyclopedia of General Virology

Klappentext This volume, derived from Encyclopedia of Virology, provides an overview of the development of virology during the last ten years. Zusammenfassung Derived from "Encyclopedia of Virology"! this title offers an overview of the development of virology over the years. It includes entries that detail the nature! origin! phylogeny and evolution of viruses. It features a summary of our understanding of the structure and assembly of virus particles and describes how this knowledge was obtained. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section 1. GENERAL TOPICS History of virology: bacteriophages History of virology: plant viruses History of virology: vertebrate viruses Nature of viruses Origin of viruses Ribozymes Virus species Quasispecies Virus databases Phylogeny of viruses Evolution of viruses Taxonomy, classification and nomenclature of viruses Virus classification by pairwise sequence comparison Prions of vertebrates Viruses and bioterrorism Section 2. VIRIONS Principles of virion structure Structure of non-enveloped virions Electron microscopy of viruses Cryo-electron microcopy Assembly of non-enveloped virions Assembly of enveloped virions Assembly of bacterial viruses Genome packaging of bacterial viruses Viral membranes Mimivirus Section 3. NUCLEIC ACIDS Recombination Satellite nucleic acids and viruses Retrotransposons of vertebrates Defective interfering viruses Interfering RNAs Viruses as vectors in gene therapy Section 4. VIRUS INFECTION Viral receptors Virus entry to bacterial cells Membrane fusion Replication of viruses Persistent and latent viral infection Apoptosis and virus infection Viral pathogenesis Antiviral agents Diagnosis using serological and molecular approaches Diagnosis using microarrays Disease surveillance Section 5. IMMUNE RESPONSES Innate immunity Defeating innate immunity Antigen presentation Antigenicity and immunogenicity of viral proteins Cytokines and chemokines Cell-mediated immunity to viruses Antibody - mediated immunity to viruses Orthomyxovirus antigen structure Antigenic variation Vaccine strategies DNA Vaccines Vaccine safety Neutralization of infectivity Immunopathology Section 6. DESCRIPTION AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF SOME VIRUSES Adenoviruses : molecular biology Baculoviruses : molecular biology of granuloviruses Baculoviruses : molecular biology of nucleopolyhedroviruses Coronaviruses : molecular biology Hepatitis virus B : molecular biology Herpes simplex viruses : molecular biology Human cytomegalovirus : molecular biology Human immunodeficiency viruses : molecular biology Iridoviruses Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus : molecular biology Mononegavirales Nidovirales Nodaviruses Orthomyxoviruses: molecular biology Papillomaviruses: molecular biology Partitiviruses Phycodnaviruses Picornaviruses Reoviruses: molecular biology Seadornaviruses Tetraviruses Togaviruses: molecular biology...

Zusammenfassung
Derived from "Encyclopedia of Virology", this title offers an overview of the development of virology over the years. It includes entries that detail the nature, origin, phylogeny and evolution of viruses. It features a summary of our understanding of the structure and assembly of virus particles and describes how this knowledge was obtained.

Inhalt
Section 1. GENERAL TOPICS
History of virology: bacteriophages
History of virology: plant viruses
History of virology: vertebrate viruses
Nature of viruses
Origin of viruses
Ribozymes
Virus species
Quasispecies
Virus databases
Phylogeny of viruses
Evolution of viruses
Taxonomy, classification and nomenclature of viruses
Virus classification by pairwise sequence comparison
Prions of vertebrates
Viruses and bioterrorism

Section 2. VIRIONS
Principles of virion structure
Structure of non-enveloped virions
Electron microscopy of viruses
Cryo-electron microcopy
Assembly of non-enveloped virions
Assembly of enveloped virions
Assembly of bacterial viruses
Genome packaging of bacterial viruses
Viral membranes
Mimivirus

Section 3. NUCLEIC ACIDS
Recombination
Satellite nucleic acids and viruses
Retrotransposons of vertebrates
Defective interfering viruses
Interfering RNAs
Viruses as vectors in gene therapy

Section 4. VIRUS INFECTION
Viral receptors
Virus entry to bacterial cells
Membrane fusion
Replication of viruses
Persistent and latent viral infection
Apoptosis and virus infection
Viral pathogenesis
Antiviral agents
Diagnosis using serological and molecular approaches
Diagnosis using microarrays
Disease surveillance

Section 5. IMMUNE RESPONSES
Innate immunity
Defeating innate immunity
Antigen presentation
Antigenicity and immunogenicity of viral proteins
Cytokines and chemokines
Cell-mediated immunity to viruses
Antibody - mediated immunity to viruses
Orthomyxovirus antigen structure
Antigenic variation
Vaccine strategies
DNA Vaccines
Vaccine safety
Neutralization of infectivity
Immunopathology

Section 6. DESCRIPTION AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF SOME VIRUSES
Adenoviruses : molecular biology
Baculoviruses : molecular biology of granuloviruses
Baculoviruses : molecular biology of nucleopolyhedroviruses
Coronaviruses : molecular biology
Hepatitis virus B : molecular biology
Herpes simplex viruses : molecular biology
Human cytomegalovirus : molecular biology
Human immunodeficiency viruses : molecular biology
Iridoviruses
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus : molecular biology
Mononegavirales
Nidovirales
Nodaviruses
Orthomyxoviruses: molecular biology
Papillomaviruses: molecular biology
Partitiviruses
Phycodnaviruses
Picornaviruses
Reoviruses: molecular biology
Seadornaviruses
Tetraviruses
Togaviruses: molecular biology

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