Preface | |
Abbreviations used in this book | |
Greek letters used in this book | |
Colour coding for molecules | |
Viruses and their importance | |
Viruses are ubiquitous on Earth | |
Reasons for studying viruses | |
The nature of viruses | |
The remainder of the book | |
Methods used in virology | |
Introduction to methods used in virology | |
Cultivation of viruses | |
Isolation of viruses | |
Centrifugation | |
Structural investigations of cells and virions | |
Electrophoretic techniques | |
Detection of viruses and virus components | |
Infectivity assays | |
Virus genetics | |
Virus structure | |
Introduction to virus structure | |
Virus genomes | |
Virus proteins | |
Capsids | |
Virion membranes | |
Occlusion bodies | |
Other virion components | |
Virus transmission | |
Introduction to virus transmission | |
Transmission of plant viruses | |
Transmission of vertebrate viruses | |
Transmission of invertebrate viruses | |
Permissive cells | |
Attachment and entry of viruses into cells | |
Overview of virus replication | |
Animal viruses | |
Bacteriophages | |
Transcription, translation and transport | |
Introduction to transcription, translation and transport | |
Transcription of virus genomes | |
Transcription in eukaryotes | |
Translation in eukaryotes | |
Transport in eukaryotic cells | |
Transcription and translation in bacteria | |
Virus genome replication | |
Overview of virus genome replication | |
Locations of virus genome replication in eukaryotic cells | |
Initiation of genome replication | |
Polymerases | |
DNA replication | |
Double-stranded RNA replication | |
Single-stranded RNA replication | |
Reverse transcription | |
Assembly and exit of virions from cells | |
Introduction to assembly and exit of virions from cells | |
Nucleocapsid assembly | |
Formation of virion membranes | |
Virion exit from the infected cell | |
Outcomes of infection for the host | |
Introduction to outcomes of infection for the host | |
Factors affecting outcomes of infection | |
Non-productive infections | |
Productive infections | |
Classification and nomenclature of viruses | |
History of virus classification and nomenclature | |
Modern virus classification and nomenclature | |
Baltimore classification of viruses | |
Herpesviruses (and other dsDNA viruses) | |
Introduction to herpesviruses | |
The human herpesviruses | |
The herpesvirus virion | |
HSV-1 genome organization | |
HSV-1 replication | |
Latent herpesvirus infection | |
Other dsDNA viruses | |
Parvoviruses (and other ssDNA viruses) | |
Introduction to parvoviruses | |
Examples of parvoviruses | |
Parvovirus virion | |
Parvovirus replication | |
Other ssDNA viruses | |
Reoviruses (and other dsRNA viruses) | |
Introduction to reoviruses | |
Rotavirus virion | |
Rotavirus replication | |
Other dsRNA viruses | |
Picornaviruses (and other plus-strand RNA viruses) | |
Introduction to picornaviruses | |
Some important picornaviruses | |
The picornavirus virion | |
Picornavirus replication | |
Picornavirus recombination | |
Picornavirus experimental systems | |
Other plus-strand RNA viruses | |
Rhabdoviruses (and other minus-strand RNA viruses) | |
Introduction to rhabdoviruses | |
Some important rhabdoviruses | |
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