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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Symposium on Papillomaviruses
• Evered, David
• Clark, Sarah

Titel

Papillomaviruses [electronic resource]

Link zum Volltext

• Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Books

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Papers presented at the Symposium on Papillomaviruses, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 9-11 July 1985.
• Includes bibliographies and indexes.
• 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
• 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
• English