Genetically engineered viruses
Subtitle: development and applications
By: edited by Christopher J.A. Ring and Edward D. Blair.
Contributors: Ring, Christopher J. A.; Blair, Edward D.
Publisher: BIOS; Springer Verlag
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Viral genetics.; Virus diseases -- Genetic aspects.; Recombinant viruses.; Genetic Engineering.; Viruses -- genetics.; DNA, Recombinant.; Genetic Vectors.; Recombinant viruses.; Virus diseases -- Genetic aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Introduction: viruses as vehicles and expressors of genetic material; title: Ch. 2. Prokaryotic viruses; title: Ch. 3. Insect viruses; title: Ch. 4. Plant viruses; title: Ch. 5. Mammalian expression systems and vaccination; title: Ch. 6. Genetic engineering of animal DNA viruses in order to study and modify pathogenesis; title: Ch. 7. Genetic engineering of animal RNA viruses in order to study and modify pathogenesis; title: Ch. 8. Therapeutic applications of viral vectors; title: Ch. 9. The safety of work with genetically modified viruses.