Principles of Molecular Virology, Third Edition provides an essential introduction to modern virology in a clear and concise manner. It is a highly enjoyable and readable text with numerous illustrations that enhance the reader's understanding of important principles. This edition has been updated and revised with new figures and text. It also includes a CD-ROM with material that complements the text. The CD-ROM includes interactive tutorials, virtual experiments and multiple-choice questions. Key Features* New to 3E:* Viruses and Apoptosis (Chapter 6)* Bacteriophages and Human Disease (Chapter 7)* Learning objectives for each chapter* Pronunciation section in Glossary and abbreviations section (Appendix 1) * Key events in the history of virology (Appendix 3)* Addition of colour in text and figures to enhance understanding of key points* Inclusion of CD containing interactive learning resources to complement text, e.g. tutorials, MCQ's, Virtual experiments, PPT slide set containing lecture notes; Different CD with standard and Instructor's edition* Virology on-line section - encourages readers to access the Internet to find further information* Also:* Self assessment questions at the end of each chapter* Classification of Subcellular Infectious agents* Approx. 20% new material and completely revised throughout * Over 120 figures

Product Description: The fourth edition of the hugely successful Principles of Molecular Virology takes on a molecular approach, presenting the principles of virology in a clear and concise manner. This work explores and explains the fundamental aspects of virology, including structure of virus particles and genome, replication, gene expression, infection, pathogenesis and subviral agents...read more

Numerical ability is an essential skill for everyone studying the biological sciences but many students are frightened by the 'perceived' difficulty of mathematics, and are nervous about applying mathematical skills in their chosen field of study. Having taught introductory maths and statistics for many years, Alan Cann understands these challenges and just how invaluable an accessible, confidence building textbook could be to the fearful student. Unable to find a book pitched at the right level, that concentrated on why numerical skills are useful to biologists, he wrote his own. The result is Maths from Scratch for Biologists , a highly instructive, informal text that explains step by step how and why you need to tackle maths within the biological sciences.Features:* An accessible, jargon-busting approach to help readers master basic mathematical, statistical and data handling techniques in biology* Numerous end of chapter problems to reinforce key concepts and encourage students to test their newly acquired skills through practise* A handy, time-saving glossary* A supplementary website with numerous problems and self-test exercises (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Virus Culture: A Practical Approach provides a broad treatment of the principles and practice of virus culture and will be of interest to all those, whether in academic, industrial, or clinical research, involved in virus culture...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

DNA Viruses: A Practical Approach groups together the major experimental methods currently employed to study DNA viruses, from the fundamentals of virus culture to novel techniques such as surface plasmon resonance spectrometry and realtime PCR analysis of drug resistance mutations in clinical isolates. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the extraction, purification and characterizations of virus DNA, but also covers the fundamentals of DNA virus culture. Chapters 2 and 3 describe approaches to the molecular investigation and mutagenesis of DNA virus genomes. Chapter 4 considers DNA virus replication and then chapters 5 & 6 describe methods to study transcription control. Chapters 7 to 9 consider aspects of the pathogenesis of DNA virus infections. The final chapter describes the current technology being applied to the development of DNA virus vectors for gene delivery. This volume will be of interest to all those working on DNA viruses whether in academia, industry or clinical research. (view table of contents)