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

• Pubblicazione: Chichester [West Sussex] ; ; New York, : Wiley, 1986
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 576.64; 616.9; 616.925
• Soggetto topico: Papillomaviruses; Papillomavirus diseases
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: EveredDavid ClarkSarah
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Papillomaviruses
• ISBN: 1-282-34596-6; 9786612345968; 0-470-51330-6; 0-470-51331-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910144558503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; new ser. 120.