Advances in Virus Research
- 1st Edition, Volume 111 - October 16, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Thomas Mettenleiter, Margaret Kielian, Marilyn J. Roossinck
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 6 0 5 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 0 9 1 - 9
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Virus Research, Volume 111, the latest release in a serial that highlights new advances in the field, presents interesting and timely chapters authored by an international board of subject matter experts.
- Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
- Presents the latest release in the Advances in Virus Research series
Researchers, students, and academics in the field of virus research
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter One: Parainfluenza virus entry at the onset of infection
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction to parainfluenza virus infection and entry
- 2: HN's structure and receptor binding
- 3: F: Primed for action in its pre-fusion state
- 4: HN interaction with F and HN's role in the activation of F
- 5: The transient intermediate state of F
- 6: Final stages of fusion and entry
- 7: Fitness requirements of the HN/F fusion complex in human lung
- 8: Inhibitors of entry
- 9: Future directions
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter Two: Molecular archeology of human viruses
- Abstract
- 1: Three decades of aDNA research and more than a century of virology set expectations for archeovirology
- 2: Promises and pitfalls of archeovirology
- 3: Outlook
- Chapter Three: Advancing phage therapy through the lens of virus host-breadth and emergence potential
- Abstract
- 1: Phage biology, and the history and promise of phage therapy
- 2: Phage host-range and development of generalized treatment
- 3: Phages can evolve in response to their environments, potentially altering host breadth
- 4: Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix
- Chapter Four: Alphavirus RNA replication in vertebrate cells
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Viral components of the RNA replication machinery
- 3: Host components of RNA replication machinery
- 4: Architecture, functioning, biogenesis and properties of replication complexes
- 5: Functional interactions between components of alphavirus RNA replication machinery
- 6: Replicase inhibitors
- 7: Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 111
- Published: October 16, 2021
- No. of pages (Hardback): 164
- No. of pages (eBook): 164
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128246054
- eBook ISBN: 9780323850919
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Thomas Mettenleiter
Born: March 18, 1957 in Goeppingen, Germany
Nationality: German
1963-1967: Elementary School
1967-1976: High School (Gymnasium)
1976: Diploma (Abitur)
1976-1977: Compulsory Military Service
1977-1982: Study of biology at Tuebingen University, Germany
1982-1985: Ph.D. work at Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals,
Tuebingen, Germany
1985: Ph.D. in Genetics
1986-1987: Postdoctoral Fellow at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Department of Microbiology
1988-today: Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals
1990: Habilitation (prerequisite for professorship)
since 1994: Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology at the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Insel Riems, Germany
since 1996: President of the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals (renamed in 2004 'Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut')
since 1997: Professor of Virology at University of Greifswald
Scientific Work:
More than 300 peer-reviewed publications in international journals (listed in PubMed) on different aspects of infectious animal diseases.
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Molecular Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald, GermanyMK
Margaret Kielian
Professor Margaret Kielian works at the Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USAMR
Marilyn J. Roossinck
Prof. Marilyn J. Roossinck works at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USARead Advances in Virus Research on ScienceDirect