BIOMS 4090 - Principles of Virology

(crosslisted)
(also BIOMI 4090, PLPA 4090)

Fall. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: BIOMI 2900 and BIOMI 2910 or permission of instructor. Recommended prerequisite: BIOMG 3300–BIOMG 3320, BIOMG 4320.

S. Lazarowitz, N. Osterrieder, and J. Parker.

Covers the principles of virology, focusing mainly on animal viruses but also including plant viruses and bacteriophage. Topics include the classification of viruses, virus entry, genome replication and assembly, and virus pathogenesis. Particular emphasis is placed on virus–host cell interactions and common features between different viral families.