Practical Molecular Virology

A companion volume to Virology: A Practical Approach, this new book details the recent transformation of virology, by the availability of an expanding battery of techniques for molecular analysis. It describes how many of the methods worked out for a particular virus are applicable to others, and some, particularly those employing viruses as vectors for expression of foreign genes, have impacted powerfuly upon biologists whose interests lie outside the field of virology. Bringing the subject completely up-to-date, the volume details how some of the most powerful new techniques, such as PCR, now allow the study of viruses which have proven inaccessible to conventional approaches. Indispensable, it is a modern guide for virologists and for those using viruses as a tool for understanding other biological systems.