Lesser Known Large dsDNA Viruses

2009
ISBN: 978-3-540-68617-0
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, Band 328, 249 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 565 g

Reihe: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Several large dsDNA-containing viruses such as poxviruses (smallpox) and herpes viruses are well known among the scientific community, as well as the general populace, because they cause human diseases. The large dsDNA insect-infecting baculoviruses are also well known in the scientific community because they are used both as biological control agents and as protein expression systems. However, there are other large dsDNA-containing viruses, including the giant 1.2 Mb mimivirus, which are less well known despite the fact that all of them play important roles in every day life. Seven of these virus families are reviewed in this book.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Etten, James L. van

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Virologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Immunologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften DNA und Transgene Organismen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinische Mikrobiologie & Virologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemische Immunologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Phycodnaviridae: The Story of How Tiny Giants Rule the World.- African Swine Fever Virus.- Mimivirus.- Family Iridoviridae: Poor Viral Relations No Longer.- Ascoviruses: Superb Manipulators of Apoptosis for Viral Replication and Transmission.- Whispovirus.- Jumbo Bacteriophages.