Animal Viruses: Molecular Biology

Animal Viruses: Molecular Biology

In this multi-author work, Mettenleiter and Sobrino have compiled 10 chapters that describe what is currently known about the molecular biology of some of the most interesting viruses of veterinary importance, from the tiny circovirus of pigs (1,800 nt of single-stranded DNA) to the highly complex African swine fever virus (≈200,000 nt pairs of double-stranded DNA). It is fi tting that the fi r...

Molecular Biology of Bacterial Viruses

The subject matter of this Ciba symposium departs from the usual specialized, esoteric topics of these meetings. Bringing together such noted scientists as Sir Julian Huxley, Joshua Lederberg, Albert Szent-Gy6rgi, and J. B. S. Haldane, this conference discusses the future of mankind as seen through the eyes of people actively engaged in biological research. These men don the philosopher's hat a...

The Molecular Biology of Viruses

many line drawings, plates and tables in the text, almost one per page. A few typographical errors mar the book. This text is suitable for the advanced student who wants additional reading about structure at the molecular level. It is less suitable for the active researcher because it is often difficult to follow up statements in the text by using the general references at the end of the chapte...

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSES: HIV-l AND HIV-2

Molecular biology of borna disease virus: prototype of a new group of animal viruses.

Borna disease virus (BDV), the etiological agent of Borna disease (BD), causes a central nervous system disease that is manifested by profound behavioral abnormalities, accumulation of disease-specific antigens in limbic system neurons, and often, but not always, the presence of inflammatory cell infiltrates in the brain (35, 36, 47). BDV has been characterized recently as a nonsegmented, negat...