BIOL 7289 Biochemistry of Viruses (3)

Also offered as PBS 7410 . Prereq.: BIOL 4094 or equivalent. Biochemistry and molecular biology of representative bacterial, animal and plant viruses; virus attachment to and penetration of host cells; replication, transcription and translation of viral genes; virion morphogenesis and assembly; virus-induced host cell modifications; emphasis on structure-function relationships.