
Molecular Virology
A Practical Approach
Oxford University Press
Published on 29. July 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
344 pages
978-0-19-963357-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume describes the application of modern techniques of molecular analysis to important virus groups. Virology, like other branches of biological sciences, has been transformed in recent years by the availability of an expanding battery of techniques for molecular analysis. Many of the methods worked out for a particular virus are applicable to others, and some, particularly those employing viruses as vectors for expresson of foreign genes, have impacted powerfully upon biologists whose interests lie outside the field of virology. Also, some of the most powerful new techniques, such as PCR, now allow the study of viruses which have proven inaccessible to conventional approaches. This book, which can be considered as a companion volume to "Virology: A Practical Approach" brings the reader up to date with modern techniques in use with the virus groups of widest interest to the research community. A.J. Davison is the editor of "Seminars in Virology - Alpha Herpes Viruses", and R.M. Elliott is the editor of "The Bunyaviridae".
Reviews / Votes
'a comprehensive practical manual which describes all the key molecular techniques in viral analysis ... These methods are of major interest not only to virologists but to all researchers using viruses as tools for understanding other biological systems.'Anticancer Research 13 (1993) 'an excellent practical guide to the techniques now available for molecular analysis of a wide range of viruses'
Aslib Book Guide, vol. 59, no. 4,April 1994
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
halftones, line drawings and tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
605 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-963357-9 (9780199633579)
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Editor
Member of Senior MRC Staff, MRC Virology UnitInstitute of Virology, Glasgow
MRC Senior Fellow, MRC Virology UnitInstitute of Virology, Glasgow
Content
1. Analysis of replication complexes of positive strand RNA plant viruses ; 2. Molecular biology of influenza viruses and paramyxoviruses ; 3. Viral DNA replication ; 4. Analysis of viral sequence variation by PCR ; 5. Molecular analysis of immunodeficiency viruses ; 6. Retroviral vectors ; 7. Poliovirus antigen chimeras ; 8. Baculovirus expression vectors ; 9. Expression of genes by vaccinia virus vectors ; 10. Herpes simplex virus vectors ; Appendices