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Viruses: Essential Agents of Life (Record no. 18837)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789400748996
978-94-007-4899-6
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Classification number QH301-705
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Classification number 570
Edition number 23
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-- Dordrecht :
-- Springer Netherlands :
-- Imprint: Springer,
-- 2012.
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Personal name Witzany, Günther.
Relator term editor.
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Title Viruses: Essential Agents of Life
Medium [electronic resource] /
Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Günther Witzany.
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Extent XVI, 427 p. 62 illus., 31 illus. in color.
Other physical details online resource.
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Formatted contents note 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.
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Summary, etc A renaissance of virus research is taking centre stage in biology. Empirical data from the last decade indicate the important roles of viruses, both in the evolution of all life and as symbionts or co-evolutionary partners 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. Viruses and viral parts form the most numerous genetic matter on this planet. Viruses have long been considered as disease causing pathogens with often epidemic consequences and major enemies of living organisms. 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.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Life sciences.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Medical parasitology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Medical virology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Evolution (Biology).
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Microbiology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Microbial genetics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Life Sciences.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Life Sciences, general.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Virology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Evolutionary Biology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Microbiology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Parasitology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Microbial Genetics and Genomics.
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9789400748989
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4899-6
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