BIOL 574 Viruses and Vaccines
Deals with the fundamental mechanisms of viral multiplication: strategies used by different viruses in controlling host functions, nucleic acid replication, nucleic acid packaging, protein assembly and capsid morphogenesis. Takes an analytical approach, and appropriate bacterial, animal, or plant viruses will be chosen to address various questions related to the above phenomena. Lecture only. Prerequisite BIOL 106, or permission of instructor.