Fundamentals of Molecular Virology 2nd Edition PDF
By Nicholas H. Acheson
Fundamentals of Molecular Virology, 2nd Edition PDF is Designed for students learning about viruses for the first time at the undergraduate or graduate level, Fundamentals of Molecular Virology is presented in a style which relates to today’s students and professors. Fundamentals of Molecular Virology PDF is also a valuable, up-to-date source of information for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists working with viruses. Chapters contributed by prominent virologists were edited to conform to a clear and accessible style. The text provides a thorough presentation of basic and contemporary concepts in virology for a student’s first exposure to the field.
Chapter stories. Chapters are designed to tell stories about specific virus families, presenting information on well-studied viruses. This approach helps students to learn about virology in a simple and logical fashion.
Full-color figures. Numerous full-color figures focus on individual steps in virus replication. These figures complement the text and draw the attention of students to important concepts.
Text boxes throughout the book feature exciting and current developments in molecular virology or practical applications of viruses in science and medicine. These highlights encourage students to discover new information about virology from other sources.
Key terms, fundamental concepts, and review questions at the end of each chapter help students review and organize information they have learned.
Extended coverage. This second edition has new chapters on viruses of plants, algae, and archaea, host responses to virus infection, and the host immune system. All other chapters have been revised and updated.
Information on human pathogens. Includes chapters on important human pathogens such as herpes viruses, hepatitis B and C viruses, human immunodeficiency virus, influenza viruses, measles virus, poliovirus, smallpox virus, West Nile virus, and others.
New and improved comprehensive, illustrative art program. The text contains a number of new four-color figures which focus on the individual steps in virus replication and helps draw students’ attention to important concepts and details.
Additional coverage on viruses of Archaea, plant viruses, viruses of algae and the giant mimivirus
Table of Contents
Fundamentals of Molecular Virology 2nd Edition PDF Contents
Section I: Introduction to Virology
1. Introduction to Virology 2 Nicholas H. Acheson
2. Virus Structure and Assembly 18 Stephen C. Harrison
3. Virus Classification: The World of Viruses 31 Nicholas H. Acheson
4. Virus Entry 45 Ari Helenius
Section II: Viruses of Bacteria and Archaea
5. Single-Stranded RNA Bacteriophages 59 Jan van Duin
6. Microviruses 69 Bentley Fane
7. Bacteriophage T7 77 William C. Summers
8. Bacteriophage Lambda 85 Michael Feiss
9. Viruses of Archaea 97 David Prangishvili
Section III: Positive-Strand RNA Viruses of Eukaryotes
10. Cucumber Mosaic Virus 112 Ping Xu, Marilyn J. Roosinck
11. Picornaviruses 125 Bert L. Semler
12. Flaviviruses 137 Richard Kuhn
13. Togaviruses 148 Milton Schlesinger, Sondra Schlesinger, Richard Kuhn
14. Coronaviruses 159 Mark Denison, Michelle M. Becker
Section IV: Negative-Strand and Double-Stranded RNA Viruses of Eukaryotes
15. Paramyxoviruses and Rhabdoviruses 175 Nicholas H. Acheson, Daniel Kolakofsky, Christopher Richardson, Laurent Roux
16. Filovirouses 188 Heinz Feldman, Hans-Dieter Klenk, Nicholas H. Acheson
17. Bunyaviruses 200 Richard M. Elliott
18. Influenza Viruses 225 Terence S. Dermody, James D. Chappell
19. Reoviruses 225 Terence S. Dermody, James D. Chappell
Section V: Small DNA Viruses of Eukaryotes
20. Parvoviruses 238 Peter Beard
21. Polyomaviruses 247 Nicholas H. Acheson
22. Papillomaviruses 263 Greg Matlashewski, Lawrence Banks
Section VI: Larger DNA Viruses of Eukaryotes
23. Adenoviruses 274 Philip Branton
24. Herpesviruses 285 Bernard Roisman, Gabriella Campadelli-Fiume, Richard Longnecker
25. Baculoviruses 302 Eric B. Carstens
26. Poxviruses 312 Richard C. Condit
27. Viruses of Algae and Mimivirus 325 Michael J. Allen, William H. Wilson
Section VII: Viruses That Use A Reverse Transcriptase
28. Retroviruses 342 Alan Cochrane
29. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Alan Cochrane
30. Hepadnaviruses 365 Christopher Richardson
Section VIII: Viroids and Prions
31. Viroids and Hepatitis Delta Virus 378 Jean-Pierre Perreault, Martin Pelchat
32. Prions 387 Dalius J. Briedis
Section IX: Host Defenses Against Virus Infection
33. Intrinsic Cellular Defenses Against Virus Infection 398 Karen Mossman, Pierre Geninm, John Hiscott
34. Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses to Virus Infection 415 Malcolm G. Baines, Karen Mossman
