Foamy viruses / A. Rethwilm (Ed.)

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rethwilm, A. (Axel)

Series:

Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; 277.

Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; 277

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Retroviruses.

Retroviruses--Genetics.

Spumavirus--genetics.

Virus Replication.

Trans-Activators.

Retroviridae Infections.

Medical Subjects:

Spumavirus--genetics.

Virus Replication.

Trans-Activators.

Retroviridae Infections.

Physical Description:

vi, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2003]

Summary:

The aberrant replication pathway of foamy viruses distinguishes them from all other retroviruses. Many details have been accumulated over the past ten or so years. Most of the findings on foamy viruses were obtained by research on a single virus isolate previously called "human foamy virus," which appeared to be the first to be investigated on a molecular level. However, to the editor's knowledge, genuine human foamy viruses do not exist, but several trans-species transmissions of different simian foamy viruses from monkeys and apes to human hosts.

Contents:

The Replication Strategy of Foamy Viruses / A. Rethwilm 1

Foamy Virus Transactivation and Gene Expression / M. Lochelt 27

Proteolytic Processing of Foamy Virus Gag and Pol Proteins / R.M. Flugel, K.I. Pfrepper 63

Particle Assembly and Genome Packaging / M.L. Linial, S.W. Eastman 89

The Foamy Virus Envelope Glycoproteins / D. Lindemann, P.A. Goepfert 111

Foamy Virus Vectors / A. Mergia, M. Heinkelein 131

Replication of Primate Foamy Viruses in Natural and Experimental Hosts / V. Falcone, M. Schweizer, D. Neumann-Haefelin 161

Human Infection With Foamy Viruses / W. Heneine, M. Schweizer, P. Sandstrom, T. Folks 181

Non-Primate Foamy Viruses / A. Saib 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3540443886

OCLC:

51481621