The viruses : biochemical, biological, and biophysical properties. Volume 2, Plant and bacterial viruses

The Viruses: Biochemical, Biological, and Biophysical Properties, Volume 2: Plant and Bacterial Viruses deals with the biochemistry, biology, and biophysics of plant viruses. The viruses considered are tobacco and turnip yellow mosaic viruses; tobacco ringspot virus; potato virus X; and bacterial viruses, such as lysogenic bacteria and phages. This volume is organized into 10 chapters and begins with a discussion of the tobacco mosaic virus and other plant viruses, emphasizing the process of infection and synthesis and general features of the host-virus system. The next chapters focus on the purification and protein components of plant viruses; the chemical correlates of biological variability in viruses; and biological cycles of plant viruses in insect vectors. This book describes the bacteriophage, which is considered as a model virus in comparison with typical microorganisms and cellular organelles. It also introduces the reader to the kinetics of phage reproduction; the intracellular multiplication of bacterial viruses; and the process of lysogeny in bacteria. The book concludes with a chapter on irradiation of phage with ultraviolet light, decay of incorporated radiophosphorus (''suicide''), and ionizing radiation (usually X-rays). Biologists, botanists, biochemists, biophysicists, and microbial physiologists will find this book a rich source of information on plant and bacterial viruses. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Contributors to Volume 2 , Page v Contents of Volume 1 , Page xv Contents of Volume 3 , Page xvi Chapter I - The Process of Infection and Virus Synthesis with Tobacco Mosaic Virus and Other Plant Viruses , Pages 1-31 , SAMUEL G. WILDMAN Chapter II - The Biochemistry of Plant Viruses , Pages 33-38,38a,39-54,54a,55-64,64a,65-96,96a,96b,97-100,100a,101-108,108a,108b,109-125 , ROY MARKHAM Chapter III - Variation and Its Chemical Correlates , Pages 127-130,130a,130b,131-132,132a,133-142,142a,143-156 , C.A. KNIGHT Chapter IV - Biological Cycles of Plant Viruses in Insect Vectors , Pages 157-182,182a,183-185 , L.M. BLACK Chapter V - Bacteriophage as a Model of Host-Virus Relationship , Pages 187-201 , ANDRÉ LWOFF Chapter VI - The Initiation of Bacteriophage Infection , Pages 203-204,204a,205-206,206a,206b,207-208,208a,208b,209-224,224a,224b,225-230,330a,231-236 , ALAN GAREN, LLOYD M. KOZLOFF Chapter VII - Intracellular Multiplication of Bacterial Viruses , Pages 237-252,252a,253-280 , GUNTHER S. STENT Chapter VIII - Bacteriophage Genetics , Pages 281-284,284a,285-317 , CYRUS LEVINTHAL Chapter IX - Lysogeny , Pages 319-320,320a,321-351 , FRANÇOIS JACOB, ELIE L. WOLLMAN Chapter X - Radiobiology of Bacteriophage , Pages 353-385 , FRANKLIN W. STAHL Author Index , Pages 387-395 Subject Index , Pages 397-408