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Author:   Robert C. Gallo ,  Dominique Stehelin ,  Oliviero E. Varnier
Publisher:   Humana Press Inc.
Imprint:   Humana Press Inc.
Edition:   1985 ed.
Volume:   11
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.260kg
ISBN:  

9780896030985

ISBN 10:   0896030989
Pages:   557
Publication Date:   08 April 1986
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Role of Retroviruses.- Opening Remarks.- Retroviruses in Neoplasia Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.- The Role of Retroviruses in Nature.- W. P. Rowe Memorial Lecture.- Changing Dogmas in Retrovirology.- Section 1 Retroviruses and the Murine Model System.- The Biology of Endogenous Leukemia Viruses: A Study of the DBA/2 Mouse.- Murine Xenotropic Retroviruses in the Computer Age.- Viral and Nonviral Mammary Tumorigenesis.- The Proviral Genome of Radiation Leukemia Virus: Molecular Cloning, Nucleotide Sequence of Its Long Terminal Repeat, and Integration in Lymphoma Cell DNA.- Metastatic Potential of Friend Leukemia Cells: Fibronectin Induces Specific Arrest, Survival, and Growth of FLC in Liver of DBA/2 Mice.- The Envelope Gene of Mammalian Retroviruses: Analysis of Its Structure Reveals Specific Recombination Signals.- The Major Histocompatibility Complex (H-2) of the Mouse Influences the Phenotype of Murine Leukemia Virus-Induced Lymphomas.- Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus (MMTV) Morphology in the Gastrointestinal Lumen of Suckling Mice.- Murine Retroviruses: An Alternative Screening Approach for Antiviral Drug Research.- Section 2 Retroviruses and the Vertebrate Model System.- Retroviruses and Oncogenes in Rats.- Target Cells for Avian Leukemia Viruses Revisited.- Feline Retroviruses.- Bovine Leukemia Virus, A Distinguished Member of the Human TLymphotropic Viruses Family.- Association of Ultraviolet-Induced Retrovirus Expression with Anchorage-Independent Survival in Rat Embryo Cells.- Participation of 7S L RNA in Reverse Transcription by an Avian Retrovirus.- Different Retroviruses Show Different Susceptibilities to 2-Deoxy-D-glucose.- A Comparative Study of Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) Detection Methods.- Structural and Functional Heterogeneity among TypeD Retroviruses.- Retroviruses and Oncogenes in the Rat Sarcoma Galliera: An old Tumor as a Unique Model System.- Section 3. Retroviruses and Human Pathology.- Molecular Biology of Viruses of the HTLV Family.- Activation of Retroviral Genes in Human Reproductive Tissues and Tumors.- Retrovirus and AIDS.- Human T-Cell Leukemia (Lymphotropic) Retroviruses: The HTLV Family and Their Role in Leukemias, Lymphomas, and AIDS.- The Organization of Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus-Related Sequences in Human Cellular DNA.- Close Structural Similarities Between the LTRs of Bovine Leukemia and Human T-Cell Leukemia Viruses.- Analysis and Immunological Properties of Lymphadenopathy- Associated Virus (LAV) Structural Proteins.- RNA Viruses and Lymphocyte Immune Functions.- Anti HTLV-III and Anti T-Cell Antibodies in AIDS and ARC Patients.- Seroepidemiological Study of Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus, by ELISA, in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.- IgG Antibodies to SAIDS-D Virus Associated Antigens in Patients with AIDS and at Risk for AIDS.- Is a Retrovirus-Like Particle Expressed at a Specific Stage During Human Oocyte Maturation?.- Psoriasis — A Retrovirus Disease?.- Purification and Characterization of a High Molecular Weight Human Milk Ribonuclease: Its Potential use for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Human Mammary Neoplasia.- The Role of Retroviruses in AIDS and Slow Infections.- Section 4. Retroviruses and Oncogenes.- Retroviruses with Two Oncogenes.- Molecular Assays for Detection Of ras Oncogenes in Human and Animal Tumors.- The raf Oncogene.- Role of Retroviral Oncogenes in the Attachment of Cells to Natural Substrata.- Amplification of Cellular Oncogenes in Colon and Lung Cancer Cells.- The Nucleotide Sequence of the erbA Gene of Avian Erythroblastosis Virus Appears Unrelated toOther Known Oncogenes.- Characterization of a Human Osteosarcome Oncogene.- Coordinated Regulation of the c-myc Gene and a Tumor-related Multigenic Set in Human Neoplastic Cells Treated with Differentiation Inducers Including Tumor Promoters.- Transcripts of c-fes Oncogene are Present at Detectable Levels in Total Cellular RNA of Human Myeloid but not Lymphoid Normal and Neoplastic Cells.- Heterogeneity of Human Normal and Leukemic Cells of Lymphoid and Myeloid Lineage in Respect to the Expression Of c-myc and c-myb Mrna Transcripts.- Detection Of c-myc, c-myb and c-fes Oncogene Transcripts in Human Myeloid and Lymphoid Normal and Leukemic Cells by In Situ Hybridization.

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