Springer Transforming Proteins of DNA Tumor Viruses: 144 (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 144)

This book serves as an excellent text in comparative virology, with an up-to-date overview and detail for each group of DNA tumor viruses. The authors review the common and diverse mechanisms of action of the transforming proteins of DNA tumor viruses. The work presents detailed, original studies with a set of gene products known to be involved in contributing to cancer in animals and even humans. The collection of diverse viruses in a single volume offers a unique, new opportunity to examine transformation and tumorigenesis.