DNA Tumor Viruses

Herausgegeben:Damania, Blossom; Pipas, James

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

DNA Tumor Viruses will focus on the DNA viruses in the human population that are associated with cancers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer New York / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4939-5059-1
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2009
• Seitenzahl: 824
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1240g
• ISBN-13: 9781493950591
• ISBN-10: 1493950592
• Artikelnr.: 45668583

Inhaltsangabe

Polyomavirus Life Cycle.- Transformation by Polyomaviruses.- Polyomaviruses and Disease.- The Life Cycle of Human Papillomaviruses.- Papillomavirus Transformation.- Papillomaviruses: Biology, Diversity, and Pathogenesis.- Adenovirus Transformation.- Overview of the Large DNA Tumor Viruses.- Epidemiology of EBV Infection.- EBV Diseases.- The Epstein-Barr Virus Genome.- Epstein-Barr Virus Transforming Proteins: Biologic Properties and Contribution to Oncogenesis.- The Epstein-Barr Virus Lytic Life Cycle.- Epstein-Barr Virus Latent Infection Nuclear Proteins: Genome Maintenance and Regulation of Lymphocyte Cell Growth and Survival.- Epstein-Barr Virus Entry.- EBV Immunotherapy.- KSHV Epidemiology and Subtype Evolution.- to Diseases Associated with Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus.- Organization and Expression of the Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Genome.- KSHV Latent Genes and Their Regulation.- Regulation of Expression, Mode of Action and Downstream Targets of ORF50 Protein in KSHV Lytic Cycle Activation.- HHV-8/KSHV Proteins Involved in Signaling and Transformation.- KSHV Entry and Infection of Target Cells.- KSHV Immune Evasion.- Non-coding Regulatory RNAs of the DNA Tumor Viruses.- AIDS and Associated Malignancies.- Primate Models for Gammaherpesvirus-Associated Malignancies.- Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 Infection of Mice: A Small Animal Model for Characterizing Basic Aspects of Gammaherpesvirus Pathogenesis.