About Viral Proteomics

Viruses have long been studied not only for their pathology and associated disease but also as model systems for molecular processes and as tools for identifying important cellular regulatory proteins and pathways. Viruses are suitable targets for genome-wide analyses since their relatively small size makes them a readily tractable system and because there is a large number of fully sequenced genomes available (including many adenovirus, ichnovirus, influenza virus, herpesvirus, papillomavirus, rotavirus, and reovirus isolates). In addition, many are amenable to genetic manipulation