Viral Molecular Machines

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rossmann, Michael G. (Editor), Rao, Venigalla B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 726
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Virology.; Infectious diseases.; Microbiology.; Biomedicine.; Infectious Diseases.

A biological organism can be viewed as a collection of molecular machines well integrated to function as a self-replicating unit. One of the principal goals in biology is to be able to fully understand the mechanisms of an organism in atomic detail. Viruses offer the best opportunities to achieve th...

Table of Contents:

• Viruses: Sophistiated Biological Machines
• F1-Atpase: A Prototypical Molecular Motor
• Reconstructing Virus Structures From Nanometer To Near-Atomic Resolutions With Cryo-Electron Microscropy And Tomography
• Principles Of Virus Structural Organization
• Viral Entry Machines
• Genome Replication Machines
• Capsid Assembly And Maturation
• Genome Packaging Machines.