TY - BOOK ID - 7542405 TI - Cancer associated viruses PY - 2012 SN - 144199999X 1461400163 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Oncogenic viruses. KW - Viral carcinogenesis. KW - Viral cell transformation. KW - Viral carcinogenesis KW - Viruses KW - Oncogenic viruses KW - Cancer KW - Vertebrate Viruses KW - Neoplasms, Experimental KW - Neoplasms KW - Virus Diseases KW - Diseases KW - Organisms KW - Tumor Virus Infections KW - Oncogenic Viruses KW - Biology KW - Medicine KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Oncology KW - Microbiology & Immunology KW - Cancer. KW - Viruses. KW - Cancers KW - Carcinoma KW - Malignancy (Cancer) KW - Malignant tumors KW - Medicine. KW - Cancer research. KW - Pharmacology. KW - Biomedicine. KW - Cancer Research. KW - Pharmacology/Toxicology. KW - Genetic vectors KW - Microorganisms KW - Mobile genetic elements KW - Extrachromosomal DNA KW - Tumors KW - Oncology. KW - Toxicology. KW - Chemicals KW - Pharmacology KW - Poisoning KW - Poisons KW - Toxicology KW - Drug effects KW - Medical pharmacology KW - Medical sciences KW - Chemotherapy KW - Drugs KW - Pharmacy KW - Cancer research KW - Physiological effect KW - Cancer Biology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7542405 AB - This volume constitutes a comprehensive review of the different aspects of tumor virology 100 years after the discovery of the Rous-sarcoma virus. Its aim is to bring a greater focus on the contributions of viral agents to the development of cancer, and to create an up to date compendium of the general molecular biology of these viruses,  their gene products, and targeted functions. The content of the book comprises general chapters which tie into the many aspects of cancer-related viruses and how they contribute to cell proliferation, the genes that are responsible for driving these cancers, and their mechanisms of transmission. The book also reviews the current knowledge on the molecular biology of large DNA viruses and describes the many different pathways through which they contribute to cell proliferation. Papilloma viruses and Adenoviruses, well known to be associated with invasive carcinomas, and hepatitis viruses, HTLV and retroviruses are also discussed. This volume is dedicated to  Baruch Blumberg, an outstanding scientist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the hepatitis B virus, who was also the author of one of the chapters. ER -