Description:
ch. 1. An introduction to baculoviruses and their taxonomy -- ch. 2. Structural proteins of baculovirus occlusion bodies and virions -- ch. 3. The baculovirus replication cycle: Effects on cells and insects -- ch. 4. Early events in infection: Virus transcription -- ch. 5. DNA replication and genome processing -- ch. 6. Baculovirus late transcription -- ch 7. Baculovirus infection: the cell cycle and apoptosis -- ch. 8. Host resistance and susceptibility -- ch. 9 Baculoviruses as insecticides; three examples -- ch. 10. The evolution of high levels of baculovirus gene expression -- ch. 11. The AcMNPV genome: gene content, conservation, and function -- ch. 12. Baculovirus genes not present in the AcMNPV genome conservation and function -- ch. 13. Glossary -- ch. 14. Appendices
