Bacteriophages, Part A

This series continually publishes cutting-edge reviews in the field of virology

Malgorzata Lobocka (Volume editor), Waclaw T. Szybalski (Volume editor)

9780123946218, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 9 May 2012

416 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.7 cm, 0.95 kg

"A mandatory purchase for all types of comprehensive libraries, both public and university, as well as for those interested in or doing research in the field of virology." --Military Medicine

This volume, the first of a two-part series, covers topics including historical, ecological and evolutionary considerations, genomics and molecular biology, and interaction of phages with their hosts.

1. The role of CRISPR/cas system in the development of bacteriophage resistance Agnieszka Szczepankowska
2. Postcards from the edge: structural genomics of archaeal viruses Mart Krupovic, Malcolm F. White, Patrick Forterre, David Prangishvili
3. Sputnik, a virophage infecting the viral domain of life Christelle Desnues, Mickaël Boyer, Didier Raoult
4. Bacteriophage-encoded bacterial virulence factors and phage-pathogenicity island interactions E. Fidelma Boyd
5. The secret lives of mycobacteriophages Graham F. Hatfull
6. Phage lambda – new insights into regulatory circuits Grzegorz Wegrzyn, Katarzyna Licznerska, Alicja Wegrzyn
7. Bacteriophage electron microscopy Hans-W. Ackermann
8. Structure, assembly, and DNA packaging of the bacteriophage T4 head Lindsay W. Black and Venigalla B. Rao
9. Pseudolysogeny Marcin Los, Grzegorz Wegrzyn
10. Role of host factors in bacteriophage f29 DNA replication Daniel Muñoz-Espín, Gemma Serrano-Heras and Margarita Salas

Subject Areas: Bacteriology [non-medical PSGD]