Molecular Virology: A Practical Approach (Practical Approach Series): 127 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199633576 ISBN 13: 9780199633579

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 1993

Synopsis

Virology, like other branches of the biological sciences, has been transformed in recent years by the availability of modern techniques for molecular analysis. Many of the methods worked out for a particular virus are applicable to others, and some, particulary those employing viruses as vectors for expression of foreign genes, have impacted powerfully on biologists whose interests lie outside the field of virology. Also, some of the most powerful new techniques, such as PCR, now allow the study of viruses which have proved inaccessible to conventional approaches. This volume, which can be considered as a companion volume to Virology" A Practical Approach, brings the reader up to date with modern techniques in use with the virus groups of widest interest to the research community.

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Review

'a comprehensive practical manual which describes all the key molecular techniques in viral analysis ... These methods are of major interest not only to virologists but to all researchers using viruses as tools for understanding other biological systems.'Anticancer Research 13 (1993)

'an excellent practical guide to the techniques now available for molecular analysis of a wide range of viruses'Aslib Book Guide, vol. 59, no. 4,April 1994

Synopsis

This volume describes the application of modern techniques of molecular analysis to important virus groups. Virology, like other branches of biological sciences, has been transformed in recent years by the availability of an expanding battery of techniques for molecular analysis. Many of the methods worked out for a particular virus are applicable to others, and some, particularly those employing viruses as vectors for expresson of foreign genes, have impacted powerfully upon biologists whose interests lie outside the field of virology. Also, some of the most powerful new techniques, such as PCR, now allow the study of viruses which have proven inaccessible to conventional approaches. This book, which can be considered as a companion volume to "Virology: A Practical Approach" brings the reader up to date with modern techniques in use with the virus groups of widest interest to the research community. A.J. Davison is the editor of "Seminars in Virology - Alpha Herpes Viruses", and R.M. Elliott is the editor of "The Bunyaviridae".

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199633576
• ISBN 13: 9780199633579
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 338
• Editor: Davison Andrew J., Elliott Richard M.