Description
Structure and Physics of Viruses, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
An Integrated Textbook
Subcellular Biochemistry Series, Vol. 68
Coordinator: Mateu Mauricio G.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Structure and Physics of Viruses:
Keywords
Applications; Function; Physics; Structure; Virus; Protein Structure
Publication date: 08-2016
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 06-2013
728 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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Introduction: the structural basis of virus function.- The basic architecture of viruses.- Conventional electron microscopy, cryo-electron microscopy and cryo-electron tomography of viruses.- X-ray crystallography of viruses.- Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study virus structure.- Fluorescence, circular dichroism and mass spectrometry as tools to study virus structure.- Combined approaches to study virus structure.- Atomic force microscopy of viruses.- Optical tweezers to study viruses.- Assembly of simple icosahedral viruses.- Structure and assembly of complex viruses.- Nucleic acid packaging in viruses.- Virus maturation.- Virus morphogenesis in the cell: methods and observations.- Virus-receptor interactions and receptor-mediated virus entry into host cells.- Entry of enveloped viruses into host cells: membrane fusion.- Bacteriophage receptor recognition and nucleic acid transfer.- Mechanical properties of viruses.- Theoretical studies on assembly, physical stabilityand dynamics of viruses.- Antiviral agents: Structural basis of action and rational design.- Design of novel vaccines based on virus-like particles or chimeric virions.- Nanoscale science and technology with plant viruses and bacteriophages.
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