Comprehensive Virology 11
Regulation and Genetics Plant Viruses
Published on 22. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVI, 348 pages
978-1-4684-2723-3 (ISBN)
Description
The time seems ripe for a critical compendium of that segment of the biological universe we call viruses. Virology, as a science, having passed only recently through its descriptive phase of naming and num bering, has probably reached that stage at which relatively few new truly new-viruses will be discovered. Triggered by the intellectual probes and techniques of molecular biology, genetics, biochemical cytology, and high resolution microscopy and spectroscopy, the field has experienced a genuine information explosion. Few serious attempts have been made to chronicle these events. This comprehensive series, which will comprise some 6000 pages in a total of about 22 volumes, represents a commitment by a large group of active investigators to analyze, digest, and expostulate on the great mass of data relating to viruses, much of which is now amorphous and disjointed, and scattered throughout a wide literature. In this way, we hope to place the entire field in perspective, and to develop an invalu able reference and sourcebook for researchers and students at all levels. This series is designed as a continuum that can be entered anywhere, but which also provides a logical progression of developing facts and integrated concepts.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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XVI, 348 p.
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
692 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4684-2723-3 (9781468427233)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4684-2721-9
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12/2012
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Comprehensive Virology
Vol. 11: Genetics of Plant Viruses
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10/1977
Plenum Publishing Corporation
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Content
1 Plant Covirus Systems: Three-Component Systems.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Structure and Composition.- 3. Infectivity.- 4. Test-Tube Exchange of Genetic Material.- 5. Translation and Aminoacylation.- 6. Replication.- 7. Discussion.- 8. References.- 2 Plant Covirus Systems: Two-Component Systems.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Tobraviruses.- 3. Comoviruses.- 4. Nepoviruses.- 5. Other Possible Two-Component Systems.- 6. References.- 3 Defective and Satellite Plant Viruses.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Defective Viruses.- 3. Satellitism in Plant Viruses.- 4. Concluding Remarks.- 5. References.- 4 The Translation of Large Plant Viral RNAs.- 1. Historical Introduction.- 2. Methodology.- 3. Translation of TMV RNA.- 4. Translation of Turnip Yellow Mosaic Virus RNA.- 5. Translation of the RNA of Tobacco Necrosis Virus and Its Satellite.- 6. Covirus Genome Translation.- 7. General Aspects of Translation of Plant Viral RNAs.- 8. References.- 5 Protoplasts in the Study of Plant Virus Replication.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Protoplasts from Leaf Mesophyll.- 3. Infection of Protoplasts.- 4. Studies of Plant Virus Replication Using Protoplasts.- 5. Concluding Remarks.- 6. References.- 6 Viroids.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Biological Properties.- 3. Evidence for Existence of Viroids.- 4. Purification.- 5. Physical and Chemical Properties.- 6. Replication.- 7. Possible Origin of Viroids.- 8. Conclusions and Speculations.- 9. Appendix: Determination of Viroid Nature of Unknown Pathogen.- 10. References.