(1.25 units)

Molecular biology of bacterial, plant, and animal viruses, including replication strategies, virus induced cytopathology and disease, viruses and cancer, and immune defenses. Laboratory includes in vitro cell culture work with continuous lines of human epithelial and/or monkey kidney cells, and methods for quantifying viruses and viral infectivity. Lecture and laboratory. Prerequisites: BIOL 271 , CHEM 110 , and CHEM 111 , or permission of instructor.