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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Titre(s) : Viruses [Texte électronique] : essential agents of life / Gunther Witzany, editor
Publication : Dordrecht : Springer, cop. 2012
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Viruses are now considered to play major roles in the evolution of life. Because
they have genes that are not found in any cellular organism they seem to be remnants
of early stages of life on earth. Besides their disease causing features and actions
as genetic parasites viruses have lifestyles that are clearly symbiotic and even symbiogenetic.
Increasing empirical data suggest that some viruses such as endogenous retroviruses
and non-retroviral RNA viruses and even DNA viruses prefer cellular genomes as habitat.
They determine genetic host (group) identity and genetic host features. Viruses and
virus-related modules such as mobile genetic elements and other repeat sequences identified
in intronic regions of host genomes play important roles in gene regulation and genetic
content (re)arrangement. This book exemplifies some astonishing key features of viruses
acting as essential agents of life."--Publisher
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Witzany, Günther (1953-....). Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Virus -- Génétique
Génome
Virus -- Génétique
Indice(s) Dewey :
579.2 (23e éd.) = Virus et organismes subviraux
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789400748996
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb447217700
Notice n° :
FRBNF44721770
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Revolutionary Struggle for Existence: Introduction to Four Intriguing Puzzles in Virus
Research /Matti Jalasvuori ; Quasispecies Dynamics of RNA Viruses /Miguel Angel Martínez,
Gloria Martrus, Elena Capel, Mariona Parera and Sandra Franco, et al. ; The Origin
of Virions and Virocells: The Escape Hypothesis Revisited /Patrick Forterre and Mart
Krupovic ; Scratching the Surface of Biology's Dark Matter /Merry Youle, Matthew Haynes
and Forest Rohwer ; Virus Universe: Can It Be Constructed from a Limited Number of
Viral Architectures /Hanna M. Oksanen, Maija K. Pietilä, Ana Sencilo, Nina S. Atanasova
and Elina Roine, et al. ; The Addiction Module as a Social Force /Luis P. Villarreal
; Viral Integration and Consequences on Host Gene Expression /Sébastien Desfarges
and Angela Ciuffi ; Persistent Plant Viruses: Molecular Hitchhikers or Epigenetic
Elements? /Marilyn J. Roossinck ; The Concept of Virus in the Post-Megavirus Era.
Jean-Michel Claverie and Chantal Abergel ; Unpacking the Baggage: Origin and Evolution
of Giant Viruses /Jonathan Filée and Michael Chandler ; Megavirales Composing a Fourth
Domain of Life: Mimiviridae and Marseilleviridae /Philippe Colson and Didier Raoult
; On Viruses, Bats and Men: A Natural History of Food-Borne Viral Infections /Harald
Brüssow ; LTR Retroelement-Derived Protein-Coding Genes and Vertebrate Evolution /Domitille
Chalopin, Marta Tomaszkiewicz, Delphine Galiana and Jean-Nicolas Volff ; Koala Retrovirus
Endogenisation in Action /Rachael E. Tarlinton ; The Evolutionary Interplay Between
Exogenous and Endogenous Sheep Betaretroviruses /Alessia Armezzani, Lita Murphy, Thomas
E. Spencer, Massimo Palmarini and Frédérick Arnaud ; Endogenous Retroviruses and the
Epigenome /Andrew B. Conley and I. King Jordan ; From Viruses to Genes: Syncytins
/Philippe Pérot, Pierre-Adrien Bolze and François Mallet
Hepatitis G Virus or GBV-C: A Natural Anti-HIV Interfering Virus /Omar Bagasra, Muhammad
Sheraz and Donald Gene Pace ; Salutary Contributions of Viruses to Medicine and Public
Health /Stephen T. Abedon ; From Molecular Entities to Competent Agents: Viral Infection-Derived
Consortia Act as Natural Genetic Engineers /Günther Witzany
