Introduction to virology
Introduction to virology
Cultivation of plant virus
- Several transmissible diseases have a slow, progressive course, usually with a fatal outcom...}
Introduction to virology
Cultivation of animal viruses
- Chick embryos contain several kinds of cells and tissues in which various viruses will repl...}
Introduction to virology
Oncogenic DNA viruses
- The induction of cancer is termed oncogenesis (from the Greek words Onkos, meanings “...}
Introduction to virology
Nucleic Acids and Replication
- Virus particles outside a host cell have no independent metabolic activity and are incapabl...}
Introduction to virology
The Discovery of bacteriophages
- The common names of bacteriophages do not follow particular guidelines. They are simply des...}
Introduction to virology
Replication of plant and animal viruses
- A prerequisite step in the viral infective process of animal and bacterial cell is attachme...}
Introduction to virology
Morphology and chemical composition of animal and plant viruses
- In addition to a nucleic acid core, the majority of animal viruses and many plant viruses h...}
Introduction to virology
The Lysogenic Life Cycle-Temperate Phages.
- Lysogeny is an alternative life cycle exhibited by some bacteriophages. A good part of our...}
Introduction to virology
The Lytic Life Cycle-Virulent Phages
- The protein coat, which forms the phage head, and the tail structure remain outside the cel...}
Introduction to virology
General characteristics of viruses
- The coat protects the genes outside the host cell; it also serves as a vehicle for en...}