Viruses: Essential Agents of Life

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

AvGünther Witzany,Gunther Witzany,Guenther Witzany,G. Nther Witzany

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Empirical data from the last decade indicate the important roles of viruses, both in the evolution of all life and as symbionts of host organisms. There is increasing evidence that all cellular life is colonized by exogenous and/or endogenous viruses in a non-lytic but persistent lifestyle.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-11-12
Mått155 x 235 x 30 mm
Vikt828 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor428
Upplaga2012
FörlagSpringer
ISBN9789400748989

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Preface.- 1. Revolutionary struggle for existence: introduction to four intriguing puzzles in virus research.- 2. Quasispecies dynamics of RNA viruses.- 3. The origin of virions and virocells: the escape hypothesis revisited.- 4. Scratching the Surface of Biology's Dark Matter.- 5. Virus universe: can it be constructed from a limited number of viral architectures.- 6. The addiction module as a social force.- 7. Viral integration and consequences on host gene expression.- 8. Persistent plant viruses: molecular hitchhikers or epigenetic elements?.- 9. The concept of virus in the post-Megavirus era.- 10. Unpacking the baggage : Origin and Evolution of Giant Viruses.- 11. Megavirales composing a fourth domain of life: Mimiviridae and Marseilleviridae.- 12. On viruses, bats and men: a natural history of food-borne viral infections.- 13. LTR retroelement-derived protein-coding genes and vertebrate evolution.- 14. Koala retrovirus endogenisation in action.- 15. The evolutionary interplay between exogenous and endogenous sheep betaretroviruses.- 16. Endogenous retroviruses and the epigenome.- 17. From viruses to genes: syncytins.- 18. Hepatitis G Virus or GBV-C: A Natural Anti-HIV Interfering Virus.- 19. Salutary Contributions of Viruses to Medicine and Public Health.- 20. From Molecular Entities to Competent Agents: Viral Infection-Derived Consortia Act as Natural Genetic Engineers.

"Viruses: Essential Agents of life ... is a great way to kick off the next 100 years of virology, with nary a reductionist thought to be found within its 427 pages. ... readers will find many exciting reasons to be a virologist (amateur or professional) at the dawn of the 21st century." (Welkin Johnson, Small Things Considered, schaechter.asmblog.org, January, 2013) "It is a compilation of 19 chapters, each written by one or more experts, and each comprising an overview, or opinion or essay on a different facet of the general theme. ... this book offers a topically relevant compendium for biologists, evolutionary biologists, geneticists and molecular biologists interested in how viruses have contributed to host evolution and, perhaps, even to the origins of life on Earth." (Frank Ryan, Symbiosis, Vol. 60, 2013)