Paramyxoviruses
David W. . Ed(S): Kingsbury
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Paperback. Editor(s): Kingsbury, David W. Series: The Viruses. Num Pages: 596 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMFM; PSG; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1163.
What justifies the size of this compendium of reviews on the paramyxoviruses? As intracellular parasites that reproduce with almost complete indifference to nuclear activities, paramyxoviruses have not been providing insights about genes that regulate cellular activities and development, topics that account for much of the excitement in modem biology. For contributions of virus research to those topics, we must look to the retroviruses, which have the propensity to steal developmentally important genes and subvert them to malignant pur poses, and to the nuclear DNA viruses, whose gene expression depends heavily upon cellular transcription machinery, making them exceptionally useful tools for ... Read more
What justifies the size of this compendium of reviews on the paramyxoviruses? As intracellular parasites that reproduce with almost complete indifference to nuclear activities, paramyxoviruses have not been providing insights about genes that regulate cellular activities and development, topics that account for much of the excitement in modem biology. For contributions of virus research to those topics, we must look to the retroviruses, which have the propensity to steal developmentally important genes and subvert them to malignant pur poses, and to the nuclear DNA viruses, whose gene expression depends heavily upon cellular transcription machinery, making them exceptionally useful tools for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
596
Condition
New
Series
The Viruses
Number of Pages
596
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461366898
SKU
V9781461366898
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