Format:
Online-Ressource (digital)
ISBN:
9783540686187
Series Statement:
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology 328
Content:
Several large dsDNA-containing viruses such as poxviruses (smallpox) and herpes viruses are well known among the scientific community, as well as the general populace, because they cause human diseases. The large dsDNA insect-infecting baculoviruses are also well known in the scientific community because they are used both as biological control agents and as protein expression systems. However, there are other large dsDNA-containing viruses, including the giant 1.2 Mb mimivirus, which are less well known despite the fact that all of them play important roles in every day life. Seven of these v
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Description based upon print version of record
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The Phycodnaviridae : The Story of How Tiny Giants Rule the World; African Swine Fever Virus; Mimivirus; Family Iridoviridae : Poor Viral Relations No Longer; Ascoviruses: Superb Manipulators of Apoptosis for Viral Replication and Transmission; Whispovirus; Jumbo Bacteriophages;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783540686170
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Lesser known large dsDNA viruses Berlin : Springer, 2009 ISBN 9783540686170
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
Keywords:
DNS-Viren
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DNS-Viren
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-540-68618-7
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Author information:
Koprowski, Hilary 1916-2013
Author information:
Cooper, Max D. 1933-