Molecular Virology A Practical Approach

by Davison, Andrew J.; Elliott, Richard M.

• ISBN13: 9780199633579
• ISBN10: 0199633576
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-09-09
• Publisher: IRL Press

Summary

Virology, like other branches of the biological sciences, has been transformed in recent years by the availability of modern techniques for molecular analysis. Many of the methods worked out for a particular virus are applicable to others, and some, particulary those employing viruses as vectors for expression of foreign genes, have impacted powerfully on 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 proved inaccessible to conventional approaches. This volume, 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.

Table of Contents

Analysis of replication complexes of positive strand RNA plant viruses

Molecular biology of influenza viruses and paramyxoviruses

Viral DNA replication

Analysis of viral sequence variation by PCR

Molecular analysis of immunodeficiency viruses

Retroviral vectors

Poliovirus antigen chimeras

Baculovirus expression vectors

Expression of genes by vaccinia virus vectors

Herpes simplex virus vectors

Appendices

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