Virus Design

[Michael Nichols]

As an assignment, I have been presented with the task of designing a 
hypothetical virus. The sky's the limit on this one - all the way from 
the particle structure, through the methods of uncoating and  
transcription, translation, genome replication to assembly and release. 
The object of the exercise is to design the most efficient particle. The 
infection should be lytic, and the host (as yet unnamed) will be 
vertebrate. Could someone suggest text or Lit. references that may deal 
with this kind of comparative virology? Please feel free to mail me 
directly.


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