The Nidoviruses (Coronaviruses and Arteriviruses) (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
Contributors: Ehud Lavi (Editor); Susan R. Weiss (Editor); Susan T. Hingley (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 728
ISBN-13: 9780306466342
Subjects: Biology, Life Sciences; Medical microbiology & virology; Virology; Science; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Immunology; Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Microbiology; Medical / Microbiology; Science / Microbiology; Arterivirus; Congresses; Coronavirus; Coronaviruses
First sentence: For a long time, the major hallmark of nidoviruses (coronaviruses), which clearly distinguished them from other positive (+) RNA viruses, had been that the viral subgenomic (sg) mRNAs are derived from noncontinuous segments of the viral genome.