Bacteriophages

Klappentext This volume, the first of a two-part series, covers topics including historical, ecological and evolutionary considerations, genomics and molecular biology, and interaction of phages with their hosts. Zusammenfassung Covers topics including historical! ecological and evolutionary considerations! genomics and molecular biology! and interaction of phages with their hosts. Inhaltsverzeichnis The role of CRISPR/cas system in the development of bacteriophage resistance Agnieszka Szczepankowska Postcards from the edge: structural genomics of archaeal viruses Mart Krupovic, Malcolm F. White, Patrick Forterre, David Prangishvili Sputnik, a virophage infecting the viral domain of life Christelle Desnues, Mickaël Boyer, Didier Raoult Bacteriophage-encoded bacterial virulence factors and phage-pathogenicity island interactions E. Fidelma Boyd The secret lives of mycobacteriophages Graham F. Hatfull Phage lambda - new insights into regulatory circuits Grzegorz Wegrzyn, Katarzyna Licznerska, Alicja Wegrzyn Bacteriophage electron microscopy Hans-W. Ackermann Structure, assembly, and DNA packaging of the bacteriophage T4 head Lindsay W. Black and Venigalla B. Rao Pseudolysogeny Marcin Los, Grzegorz Wegrzyn Role of host factors in bacteriophage f29 DNA replication Daniel Muñoz-Espín, Gemma Serrano-Heras and Margarita Salas

List of contents

1. The role of CRISPR/cas system in the development of bacteriophage resistance
   Agnieszka Szczepankowska


2. Postcards from the edge: structural genomics of archaeal viruses
   Mart Krupovic, Malcolm F. White, Patrick Forterre, David Prangishvili


3. Sputnik, a virophage infecting the viral domain of life
   Christelle Desnues, Mickaël Boyer, Didier Raoult


4. Bacteriophage-encoded bacterial virulence factors and phage-pathogenicity island interactions
   E. Fidelma Boyd


5. The secret lives of mycobacteriophages
   Graham F. Hatfull


6. Phage lambda - new insights into regulatory circuits
   Grzegorz Wegrzyn, Katarzyna Licznerska, Alicja Wegrzyn


7. Bacteriophage electron microscopy
   Hans-W. Ackermann


8. Structure, assembly, and DNA packaging of the bacteriophage T4 head
   Lindsay W. Black and Venigalla B. Rao


9. Pseudolysogeny
   Marcin Los, Grzegorz Wegrzyn


10. Role of host factors in bacteriophage f29 DNA replication
    Daniel Muñoz-Espín, Gemma Serrano-Heras and Margarita Salas

Report

"A mandatory purchase for all types of comprehensive libraries, both public and university, as well as for those interested in or doing research in the field of virology." --Military Medicine
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Product details

• Authors: Malgorzata (EDT)/ Syzbalski Lobocka
• Assisted by: Malgaorzata Lobocka (Editor), Malgorzata Lobocka (Editor), Waclaw Syzbalski (Editor), Waclaw T. Szybalski (Editor)
• Publisher: Academic Press London
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2012
• EAN: 9780123946218
• ISBN: 978-0-12-394621-8
• No. of pages: 512
• Series: Academic Press; Advances in Virus Research; Advances in Virus Research
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Microbiology (non-medical), Bacteriology (non-medical), SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology