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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144558503321

Titolo

Papillomaviruses [[electronic resource] /] / [editors, David Evered (organizer) and Sarah Clark]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester [West Sussex] ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1986

ISBN

1-282-34596-6

9786612345968

0-470-51330-6

0-470-51331-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Collana

CIBA Foundation symposium ; ; 120

Altri autori (Persone)

EveredDavid

ClarkSarah

Disciplina

576.64

616.9

616.925

Soggetti

Papillomaviruses

Papillomavirus diseases

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at the Symposium on Papillomaviruses, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 9-11 July 1985.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Papillomaviruses; Contents; Participants; Chairman's introduction; Classification of the papillomaviruses-mapping the genome; Organization and expression of the genome of bovine papillomavirus type 1; Papillomavirus transforming functions; The bovine papillomavirus replicon; Production of spliced DNA copies of the cottontail rabbit papillomavirus genome in a retroviral vector; General discussion I; Methods for diagnosing papillomavirus inIection; Criteria for establishing that a virus is oncogenic

Papillomavirus infection in cattle: viral and chemical cofactors in naturally occurring and experimentally induced tumoursImmunization against bovine papillomavirus infection; Epidermodysplasia verruciformis: a model for understanding the oncogenicity of human papillomaviruses; Association of human papillomavirus with squamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix; Persistence and expression of human



papillomavirus DNA in genital cancer; Laryngeal papillomatosis is associated with a defect in cellular differentiation; Papillomaviruses and interferon; General discussion I1

Chairman's closing remarksIndex of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

A multidisciplinary volume presenting recent research relating to papillomaviruses and their association with certain types of malignant lesions. Presents up-to-date findings on their classification and their molecular biology and cell-virus interactions, including mode of entry, modification of genetic material and pathogenecity; their relationship to various kinds of skin conditions; their association with cervical carcinoma and carcinomas of the bladder and alimenatry tract, with descriptions of in vitro studies; and finally, their immunology and possible therapeutic agents, e.g., interfero