Overview

Structure-function relationships of human pathogenic viruses provides information on the mechanisms by which viruses enter the cell, replicate, package their DNA into capsids and mature into new virions. In this volume, the relationship between structural features and the pathogenicity and oncogenicity of some of the most relevant human viral pathogens are demonstrated and the acquisition of defense mechanisms through virus-host interactions are presented. In contrast to textbooks, this title combines research data to provide a holistic view of viral pathogenesis.

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Author:   Andreas Holzenburg ,  Elke Bogner
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   2002 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.087kg
ISBN:  

9780306467684

ISBN 10:   0306467682
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   30 April 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Cell entry and egress.- Epstein Barr Virus Glycoproteins and their Roles in Virus Entry and Egress.- Structure and Function of Viral Glycoproteins in Membrane Fusion.- Viral replication.- Viral RNA-directed Polymerases: Structure and Function Relationships.- Marburg Virus Replication and Nucleocapsid Formation: Different Jobs, Same Players.- Viral determinants for capsid formation and packaging.- Packaging DNA into Herpesvirus Capsids.- From Concatemeric DNA into Unit-length Genomes—a Miracle or Clever Genes?.- Determinants for viral maturation.- Role of Envelope Proteins in Measles Virus Assembly.- The Predominant Varicella-zoster Virus gE and gI Glycoprotein Complex.- Expression Strategy and Functions of the Filoviral Glycoproteins.- Pathogenesis.- Prions.- Human Immunodeficiency Virus From Virus Structure to Pathogenesis.- The Role of Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase in Influenza Virus Pathogenicity.- Viral oncogenesis.- Rhadinovirus Pathogenesis.- Interaction of Papillomaviral Oncoproteins with Cellular Factors.- Defense mechanisms.- Cytomegalovirus Glycoproteins Interacting with MHC Class I Molecules and the MHC-encoded Peptide Transporter.- Regulation of Cellular Genes by Cytomegalovirus.

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