BIOL 4740 - Virology

(3) Credit Hours

An introduction to the biology of bacteriophage and animal viruses with emphasis on the biochemical, molecular and biophysical properties of viruses. Specific areas of virology, including viral structure and assembly, viral replication, viral recombination and evolution, virus-host interactions, viral transformation, gene therapy, antiviral drugs, and vaccines will be presented with regard to basic epidemiological, medical and biotechnological applications. Viroids, prions and unconventional agents will be discussed secondarily. Prerequisites: BIOL 3250 with a minimum grade of C or department head approval. BIOL 4220 recommended.