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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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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- T. W. Tinsley, K. A. Harrap
Pages 1-101
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- K. N. Saksena, P. A. Lemke
Pages 103-143
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- Louis A. Sherman, R. Malcolm Brown Jr.
Pages 145-234
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Back Matter
Pages 337-344
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 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, biochemical cytology, and high resolution microscopy and spectroscopy, 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 invalu able reference and sourcebook for researchers and students at all levels. This series i~ designed as a continuum that can be entered anywhere, but which also provides a logical progression of developing facts and integrated concepts.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Molecular Biology and Virus Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat
