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Viruses
Molecular Biology, Host Interactions, and Applications to Biotechnology
Coordinators: Tennant Paula, Fermin Gustavo, Foster Jerome E.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Viruses:
Keywords
Antiviral; Antiviral pathways; Babuviruses; Beneficial viruses; Biocontrol; CRISPR; CRISPR/Cas; Criniviruses; Cucumoviruses; Disease; Engineered resistance; Filterable agents; Frameshifting; Geminiviruses; Giant viruses; History of virology; Horizontal gene transfer; Host range; Host-virus interactions; Hypovirulence; Immunogenicity; Microbial viruses; Mutualism; Pathogenesis; Potyviruses; RNA interference; Ribosome shunting; Surveillance; Symbiosis; Transgenesis; Transmission; Tree of life; Tungroviruses; Vertical vs horizontal transmission; Viral chimerism; Viral pathogenicity; Viral symbionts; Viral vaccines; Virion morphology; Virocells; Virotherapy; Virus classification; Virus definition; Virus detection; Virus diagnosis; Virus evolution; Virus gene expression; Virus genome; Virus nanomaterials; Virus origin; Virus replication; Virus survival; Virus taxonomy; Virus transmission; Virus-derived vectors; Viruses and biotechnology; Viruses of parasites; Waikaviruses; Zoonosis
392 p. · 15x22.8 cm · Paperback
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Viruses: Molecular Biology, Host Interactions, and Applications to Biotechnology provides an up-to-date introduction to human, animal and plant viruses within the context of recent advances in high-throughput sequencing that have demonstrated that viruses are vastly greater and more diverse than previously recognized. It covers discoveries such as the Mimivirus and its virophage which have stimulated new discussions on the definition of viruses, their place in the current view, and their inherent and derived ?interactomics? as defined by the molecules and the processes by which virus gene products interact with themselves and their host?s cellular gene products.
Further, the book includes perspectives on basic aspects of virology, including the structure of viruses, the organization of their genomes, and basic strategies in replication and expression, emphasizing the diversity and versatility of viruses, how they cause disease and how their hosts react to such disease, and exploring developments in the field of host-microbe interactions in recent years. The book is likely to appeal, and be useful, to a wide audience that includes students, academics and researchers studying the molecular biology and applications of viruses
1. Introduction: A Short History of Virology 2. Virion Structure, Genome Organization and Taxonomy of Viruses 3. Replication and Expression Strategies of Viruses 4. Origins and Evolution of Viruses 5. Host Range, Host-Virus Interactions and Virus Transmission 6. Viruses as Pathogens: Plant Viruses 7. Viruses as Pathogens: Animal Viruses, with Emphasis on Human Viruses 8. Viruses as Pathogens: Animal Viruses Affecting Wild and Domesticated Species 9. Viruses of Prokaryotes, Protozoa, Fungi and Chromista 10. Host-Virus Interactions: Battles Between Viruses and Their Hosts 11. Beneficial Interactions with Viruses 12. Viruses as Tools of Biotechnology: Therapeutic Agents, Carriers of Therapeutic Agents and Genes, Nanomaterials, and More 13. Viruses as Targets for Biotechnology: Diagnosis and Detection, Transgenesis and Rnai- and CRISPR/Cas Engineered Resistance 14. Concluding Thoughts: It’s A Viral World
Dr. Fermin completed his PhD at Cornell University and took positions at Cornell University and University of Hawaii and Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center before returning to Venezuela as a faculty member at Universidad de Los Andes. His research is within molecular biology and plant pathology with a focus on viral impacts. He has received the Regional Award in Exact and Natural Sciences and multiple Researcher’s Recognition awards for his work. He has authored or edited 12 monographs.
Dr. Jerome Foster completed his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of the West indies, St. Augustine (2004). He pubished 14 articles on virology focusing on viruses in Trinidad and S. America.
- Provides key insights into recent technological advances, including high-throughput sequencing
- Presents viruses not only as formidable foes, but also as entities that can be beneficial to their hosts and humankind that are helping to shape the tree of life
- Features exposition on the diversity and versatility of viruses, how they cause disease, and an exploration of virus-host interactions