Comprehensive Virology Vol. 15Virus-Host Interactions: Immunity to Viruses |
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Editor:
| Fraenkel-Conrat, Heinz Wagner, Robert R. |
ISBN: | 978-0-306-40262-3 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1979 |
Publisher: | Plenum Publishing Company Limited
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $182.95 |
Book Description:
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The time seems ripe for a critical compendium of that segment of the biological universe we call viruses. Virology, as a science, having passed only recently through its descriptive phase of naming and num#65533; bering, has probably reached that stage at which relatively few new-truly new-viruses will be discovered. Triggered by the intellectual probes and techniques of molecular biology, genetics, bio#65533; chemical cytology, and high resolution microscopy and spec#65533; troscopy,...
More DescriptionThe time seems ripe for a critical compendium of that segment of the biological universe we call viruses. Virology, as a science, having passed only recently through its descriptive phase of naming and num#65533; bering, has probably reached that stage at which relatively few new-truly new-viruses will be discovered. Triggered by the intellectual probes and techniques of molecular biology, genetics, bio#65533; chemical cytology, and high resolution microscopy and spec#65533; troscopy, the field has experienced a genuine information explosion. Few serious attempts have been made to chronicle these events. This comprehensive series, which will comprise some 6000 pages in a total of about 18 volumes, represents a commitment by a large group of active investigators to analyze, digest, and expostulate on the great mass of data relating to viruses, much of which is now amorphous and disjointed, and scattered throughout a wide literature. In this way, we hope to place the entire field in perspective, and to develop an invalua#65533; ble reference and sourcebook for researchers and students at all levels. This series is designed as a continuum that can be entered anywhere, but which also provides a logical progression of developing facts and integrated concepts.