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Molecular Evolution of Viruses — Past and Present

Evolution of Viruses by Acquisition of Cellular RNA and DNA

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Editors:
  1. Yechiel Becker

    1. Department of Molecular Virology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

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  2. Gholamreza Darai

    1. Institute of Medical Virology, Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-3
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  2. Virus Genes Acquired to Evade the Host Immune Responses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Evolution of Viruses by Acquisition of Cellular RNA or DNA Nucleotide Sequences and Genes: An Introduction

      • Yechiel Becker
      Pages 7-12

    3. Immunomodulatory Functions Encoded by the E3 Transcription Unit of Adenoviruses

      • Hans-Gerhard Burgert, Jürgen H. Blusch
      Pages 13-25

    4. Immune Escape by Hepatitis B Viruses

      • U. Protzer, H. Schaller
      Pages 27-37

    5. MHC Class I-Subversive Gene Functions of Cytomegalovirus and their Regulation by Interferons-an Intricate Balance

      • Christine Benz, Hartmut Hengel
      Pages 39-47

  3. Acquisition of Cellular and Viral Genes by Herpes and Iridoviruses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Marek’s Disease Herpesvirus Transforming Protein MEQ: a c-Jun Analogue with an Alternative Life Style

      • Juinn-Lin Liu, Hsing-Jien Kung
      Pages 51-64

    3. Herpesvirus Homologues of Cellular Genes

      • Martin Raftery, Anke Müller, Günther Schönrich
      Pages 65-75

    4. Iridovirus Homologues of Cellular Genes—Implications for the Molecular Evolution of Large DNA Viruses

      • Christian A. Tidona, Gholamreza Darai
      Pages 77-81

  4. Poxvirus Gene Homologues of Cellular Genes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Sequence and Functional Analysis of a Homolog of Interleukin-10 Encoded by the Parapoxvirus Orf Virus

      • Stephen B. Fleming, David M. Haig, Peter Nettleton, Hugh W. Reid, Catherine A. McCaughan, Lyn M. Wise et al.
      Pages 85-95

    3. Myxoma Virus Expresses a TNF Receptor Homolog with two Distinct Functions

      • Xiaoming Xu, Piers Nash, Grant McFadden
      Pages 97-109

    4. Poxvirus Homologues of Cellular Genes

      • Joachim J. Bugert, G. Darai
      Pages 111-133
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Molecular Virology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Yechiel Becker

  • Institute of Medical Virology, Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany

    Gholamreza Darai

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular Evolution of Viruses — Past and Present

  • Book Subtitle: Evolution of Viruses by Acquisition of Cellular RNA and DNA

  • Editors: Yechiel Becker, Gholamreza Darai

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1707-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7903-4Published: 30 November 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5688-2Published: 21 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1707-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 133

  • Topics: Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Virology, Parasitology

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