Retroviruses and insights into cancer /

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Imprint:	New York : Springer, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 363 p.) : ill.
Language:	English
Subject:	Retroviruses. Oncogenic viruses. Viral carcinogenesis. Oncogenic viruses. Retroviruses. Viral carcinogenesis.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8896298

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Other authors / contributors:	Dudley, Jaquelin.
ISBN:	9780387095806 0387095802 9780387095813 (electronic bk.) 0387095810 (electronic bk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	This book will contain a series of review articles that focus on retro viral models of human and animal cancers. Each article will be written by an expert in the field of retro virology. The reviews will summarize current work on a particular retrovirus, with particular emphasis on the relevance of this research to human disease.
Other form:	Print version: Retroviruses and insights into cancer. New York : Springer, 2011 9780387095813

Table of Contents:

1. Overview of Retrovirology
2. Mechanisms of Oncogenesis by Retroviruses
3. Deregulation of Signal Transduction Pathways by Oncogenic Retroviruses
4. Genetics of Host Resistance to Retroviruses and Cancer
5. Endogenous Retroviruses and Cancer
6. Retroviruses and Insights into Cancer: Retroviral Regulatory/Accessory Genes and Cancer
7. Cancers Induced by Piscine Retroviruses
8. The Immune Response to Oncogenic Retroviruses
9. Retrovirus-induced Immunodeficiency and Cancer
10. Retroviruses as Tools to Identify Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes
11. Emerging Retroviruses and Cancer
Index

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