About this book
Viruses of Fungi and Simple Eukaryotes focuses on the developments in and experimental approaches to the study of fungi and simple eukaryotic viruses. Emphasizing molecular biology and genetics, the book provides the first comprehensive description of lower eukaryotic viruses. Featuring the work of more than 45 international authorities, the book includes more than 1,000 citations, numerous illustrations, tables, and micrographs. It discusses both retrovirus and reovirus systems in simple eukaryotes and examines how simple eukaryotes can serve as important models for research in eukaryotic molecular and cell biology. The book also covers a diverse group of RNA and DNA viruses, describes possible applications of fungi and simple eukaryotes to biotechnological, agricultural, and medicinal products, and explains the significance of lower eukaryotic viruses to biological control. Key topics covered include protein secretion and processing, nucleic acid enzymology, yeast biology, plant pathology, and human pathogenic yeast killer systems.
Contents
Foreword Preface Contributors Discovery of a Mycovirus: An Indirect Route Walter J. Kleinschmidt Yeast Ty Elements as Retroviruses Jef D. Boeke and David J. Garfinkel Transcriptional Regulation of Ty Elements in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fred Winston Recombination Associated with Yeast Retrotransposons Susan W. Liebman and Susan Picologlou Double-Stranded RNA Replication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Genetic Control and In Vitro Replication Tsutomu Fujimura, Rosa Esteban, and Reed B. Wickner Structure, Transcription, and Replication of Killer Virus dsRNAs J.A. Bruenn, M.E. Nemeroff, M. Lee, D.F. Pietras, J.J. Dowhanick, and L.J. Field Transcription and Translation of the Yeast Killer Virus Genome Michael J. Liebowitz, Iffat Hussain, and Teresa L. Williams Secretion and Action of Yeast K1 Killer Toxin Howard Bussey, Charles Boone, Aleksandra Dmochowska, Deirdre Greene, Hong Zhu, Susan J. Lolle, Thierry Vernet, Daniel Dignard, and David Y. Thomas Acquisition and Expression of the Killer Character in Yeast S.L. Sturley, M. El-Sherbeini, S.-H. Kho, J.L. LeVitre, and K.A. Bostian The Killer System of Ustilago maydis: Secreted Polypeptides Encoded by Viruses Yigal Koltin Killer Systems and Pathogenic Yeast Judith S. Kandel Kluyveromyces Linear DNA Plasmids Norio Gunge Structural Properties of dsRNA: Genetic Elements Associated with Plants and Plant Pathogenic Fungi James Tartaglia and Donald L. Nuss Detection and Interpretation of dsRNA J.A. Dodds, R.A. Valverde, and D.M. Mathews dsRNA and Disease Factors of the Aggressive Subgroup of Ophiostoma ulmi H.J. Rogers, K.W. Buck, and C.M. Brasier Viruses of Helminthosporium victoriae Said A. Ghabrial Viruses of Endothia parasitica Neal K. Van Alfen dsRNA Virus of Rhizoctonia solani Aliza Finkler, Bat-Sheva Ben-Zvi, and Yigal Koltin Viruses of Eukaryotic Chlorella-like Algae James L. Van Etten, Anne M. Schuster, and Russel H. Meints Index
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