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Retroviruses
. Ed(S): Swanstrom, Ronald; Vogt, Peter K.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Swanstrom, Ronald; Vogt, Peter K. Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. Num Pages: 270 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MJCJ; MJCM; MMFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 428.
Among the first diseases for which a viral etiology was esta- blished were tumors, lymphomas, and sarcomas in chickens, shown by Ellermann and Bang (1908) and Rous (1910) to be transmissible with cell-free filtrates. The broad significance of these discoveries was not fully recognized at first, mainly because chickens were perceived as too distanly related to humans to provide useful and relevant models for human disease. Change came slowly. In 1936 Bittner found that a viral agent is involved in the causation of mammary cancer in mice, and in 1957 Gross discovered the first murine leukemia virus. In the years ... Read more
Among the first diseases for which a viral etiology was esta- blished were tumors, lymphomas, and sarcomas in chickens, shown by Ellermann and Bang (1908) and Rous (1910) to be transmissible with cell-free filtrates. The broad significance of these discoveries was not fully recognized at first, mainly because chickens were perceived as too distanly related to humans to provide useful and relevant models for human disease. Change came slowly. In 1936 Bittner found that a viral agent is involved in the causation of mammary cancer in mice, and in 1957 Gross discovered the first murine leukemia virus. In the years ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Series
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
Number of Pages
259
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642752209
SKU
V9783642752209
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