HIV-1 : molecular biology and pathogenesis /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (xix, 467 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
Language:English
Series:Advances in pharmacology ; 55
Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) ; 55.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12616243
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Other title:Viral mechanisms.
Other authors / contributors:Jeang, Kuan-Teh.
ISBN:9780080548326
0080548326
0123736102
9780123736109
Notes:"Viral mechanisms, second edition. The first of a two-volume set."
Previous ed. of 2 vol. set: San Diego ; London : Academic Press, c2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:This volume covers the latest advances in the mechanisms of pathogenesis of the HIV-1 virus on target cells. Its companion volume, Advances in Pharmacology 56, shows how new developments in understanding the virus translate to the clinical setting.
Other form:Print version: HIV-1. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, ©2007 9780123736109 0123736102
Table of Contents:
  • HIV-1 RNA Packaging
  • Structure and Function of the HIV Envelope Glycoprotein as Entry Mediator, Vaccine Immunogen, and Target for Inhibitors
  • HIV-1 Reverse Transcription: Close Encounters Between the Viral Genome and a Cellular tRNA
  • Transcription of HIV: Tat and Cellular Chromatin
  • Posttranscriptional Control of HIV-1 and Other Retroviruses and Its Practical Applications
  • HIV Accssory Genes Vif and Vpu
  • Interactions of HIV-1 Viral Protein R with Host Cell Proteins
  • HIV-1 Protease: Structure, Dynamics, and Inhibition
  • Properties, Functions, and Drug Targeting of the Multifunctional Nucleocapsid Protein of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Assembly, Release, and Maturation
  • Role of Nef in HIV-1 Replication and Pathogenesis
  • Treatment Implications of the Latent Reservior for HIV-1
  • RNA Interference and HIV-1.