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Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus and Lung Cancer
Hung Y. . Ed(S): Fan
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Paperback. Editor(s): Fan, Hung Y. Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. Num Pages: 265 pages, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MJCM; MMFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
Retroviruses have been of great importance to biomedical science for the past half century. Initially, studies on oncogenic animal retroviruses provided important insights into molecular processes in carcinogenesis – most notably the existence and mechanisms of action of oncogenes and proto-oncogenes. Moreover, several human diseases are caused by retroviruses, including AIDS, adult T-cell leukemia and the neurological disease HAM/TSP. The topic of this volume is a relatively unknown animal retrovirus, jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus, the causative agent of transmissible lung cancer in sheep –ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma. The disease was first documented in South Africa in the 1800s, it has a wide geographical ... Read more
Retroviruses have been of great importance to biomedical science for the past half century. Initially, studies on oncogenic animal retroviruses provided important insights into molecular processes in carcinogenesis – most notably the existence and mechanisms of action of oncogenes and proto-oncogenes. Moreover, several human diseases are caused by retroviruses, including AIDS, adult T-cell leukemia and the neurological disease HAM/TSP. The topic of this volume is a relatively unknown animal retrovirus, jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus, the causative agent of transmissible lung cancer in sheep –ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma. The disease was first documented in South Africa in the 1800s, it has a wide geographical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
Series
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642628979
SKU
V9783642628979
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