Overview
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Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat
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Department of Molecular Biology and Virus Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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Robert R. Wagner
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Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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Table of contents (3 chapters)
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- John T. Finch, Lionel V. Crawford
Pages 119-154
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Back Matter
Pages 219-226
About this book
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 hering, has probably reached that stage at which relatively few new-truly new-viruses will be discovered. Triggered by the in tellectual probes and techniques of molecular biology, genetics, biochemical cytology, and high-resolution microscopy and spectroscopy, the field has experienced a genuine information explo sion. Few serious attempts have been made to chronicle these events. This comprehensive series, which will comprise some 6000 pages in a total of about 22 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 in valuable reference a·nd 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.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Molecular Biology and Virus Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat
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Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
Robert R. Wagner
