Molecular and Cellular Biology of Viruses

Preface

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1. The Fundamentals of Molecular and Cellular Virology

2. The Virus Replication Cycle

3. Attachment, Penetration, and Uncoating

4. Gene Expression and Genome Replication in Model Bacteriophages

5. Gene Expression and Genome Replication in the Positive-Strand RNA Viruses

6. Gene Expression and Genome Replication in the Negative-Strand RNA Viruses

7. Gene Expression and Genome Replication in the Double-Stranded RNA Viruses

8. Gene Expression and Genome Replication in the Double-Stranded DNA Viruses

9. Gene Expression and Genome Replication in the Single-Stranded DNA Viruses

10. Gene Expression and Genome Replication in the Retroviruses and Hepadnaviruses

11. Assembly, Release, and Maturation

12. Virus–Host Interactions during Lytic Growth

13. Persistent Viral Infections

14. Viral Evasion of Innate Host Defenses

15. Viral Evasion of Adaptive Host Defenses

16. Medical Applications of Molecular and Cellular Virology

17. Viral Diversity, Origins, and Evolution

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