**Meet the editor**

Victor Romanowski (PhD) is a Professor and Principal Investigator at the Institute of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology at the University of La Plata (UNLP) and the National Reserach Council (CONICET, Argentina). He has been a posdoctoral fellow and visiting researcher in United States and United Kingdom. His research interests include fundamental and applied aspects of

the molecular biology of arenaviruses and baculoviruses, as documented in numerous contributions in refereed journals and book chapters. Prof. Romanowski is member of several scientific societies and holds a life membership of the American Society for Virology. He is currently Head of the Department of Biological Sciences at the Faculty of Sciences (UNLP) and also serves on editorial boards and different national and international committees, including the Argentine Society for Virology, the International Committee for the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), the Executive Board of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS).

Contents

**Preface VII**

Maria R. Albiach-Marti

**Viral Genomes 27**

and Martin Bisaillon

Romanowski

**Features 113**

Romanowski

Chapter 7 **Gene Delivery Systems 165**

Chapter 3 **Baculovirus Gene Expression 57**

Sciocco and Víctor Romanowski

Chapter 4 **Genetic Engineering of Baculoviruses 79**

Chapter 5 **Bovine Papillomaviruses — Taxonomy and Genetic**

Chapter 6 **Baculovirus Display: A Novel Tool for Vaccination 137**

Otonel and Alice Fernandes Alfieri

Andrea Pereyra and Claudia Hereñu

Chapter 1 **The Complex Genetics of Citrus tristeza virus 1**

Chapter 2 **RNA 5′-end Maturation: A Crucial Step in the Replication of**

Frédéric Picard-Jean, Maude Tremblay-Létourneau, Elizabeth Serra, Christina Dimech, Helene Schulz, Mathilde Anselin, Vincent Dutilly

Marcelo F. Berretta, M. Leticia Ferrelli, Ricardo Salvador, Alicia

Santiago Haase, Leticia Ferrelli, Matías Luis Pidre and Víctor

Matías L. Pidre, M. Leticia Ferrelli, Santiago Haase and Víctor

Michele Lunardi, Amauri Alcindo Alfieri, Rodrigo Alejandro Arellano
