Structure and Physics of Viruses
An Integrated Textbook
Editors: Mateu, Mauricio G. (Ed.)
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- An introductory chapter gives essential information that will greatly facilitate understanding of the book by a non-expert reader
- Organized comprehensive treatment of many subject areas of Structural and Physical Virology
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This book contemplates the structure, dynamics and physics of virus particles: From the moment they come into existence by self-assembly from viral components produced in the infected cell, through their extracellular stage, until they recognise and infect a new host cell and cease to exist by losing their physical integrity to start a new infectious cycle. (Bio)physical techniques used to study the structure of virus particles and components, and some applications of structure-based studies of viruses are also contemplated. This book is aimed first at M.Sc. students, Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers with a university degree in biology, chemistry, physics or related scientific disciplines who share an interest or are actually working on viruses. We have aimed also at providing an updated account of many important concepts, techniques, studies and applications in structural and physical virology for established scientists working on viruses, irrespective of their physical, chemical or biological background and their field of expertise. We have not attempted to provide a collection of for-experts-only reviews focused mainly on the latest research in specific topics; we have not generally assumed that the reader knows all of the jargon and all but the most recent and advanced results in each topic dealt with in this book. In short, we have attempted to write a book basic enough to be useful to M.Sc and Ph.D. students, as well as advanced and current enough to be useful to senior scientists with an interest in Structural and/or Physical Virology.
- Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Introduction: The Structural Basis of Virus Function
Pages 3-51
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The Basic Architecture of Viruses
Pages 53-75
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Conventional Electron Microscopy, Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Cryo-Electron Tomography of Viruses
Pages 79-115
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X-Ray Crystallography of Viruses
Pages 117-144
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Study Virus Structure
Pages 145-176
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Structure and Physics of Viruses
- Book Subtitle
- An Integrated Textbook
- Editors
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- Mauricio G. Mateu
- Series Title
- Subcellular Biochemistry
- Series Volume
- 68
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-007-6552-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-007-6552-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-6551-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-024-0176-9
- Series ISSN
- 0306-0225
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 728
- Number of Illustrations
- 55 b/w illustrations, 122 illustrations in colour
- Topics