Tony Minson

Tony Minson
Born (1944-02-08) 8 February 1944 (age 80)[2]
Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham (BSc)
Australian National University (PhD)
AwardsFMedSci (2002)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
University of Birmingham
Australian National University
ThesisStudies of the biosynthesis of histidine in Neurospora crassa (1968)
Doctoral studentsTony Kouzarides[1]
Websitewww.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-anthony-minson

Anthony Charles Minson (born 8 February 1944)[3] is a British virologist known for his work on the biology of herpesviruses,[4][5][6][7][8] and a university administrator. He was the Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 2003 to 2009. He is an emeritus professor of virology at the university's Department of Pathology and an emeritus fellow of Wolfson College.[9]

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  2. ^ "MINSON, Prof. Anthony Charles". Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press.(subscription required)
  3. ^ Companies in the UK: Professor Anthony Charles Minson Archived 2015-02-25 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 9 January 2013)
  4. ^ Parry, C.; Bell, S.; Minson, T.; Browne, H. (2005). "Herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein H binds to v 3 integrins". Journal of General Virology. 86 (Pt 1): 7–10. doi:10.1099/vir.0.80567-0. PMID 15604426.
  5. ^ Skepper, J. N.; Whiteley, A.; Browne, H.; Minson, A. (2001). "Herpes Simplex Virus Nucleocapsids Mature to Progeny Virions by an Envelopment Deenvelopment Reenvelopment Pathway". Journal of Virology. 75 (12): 5697–5702. doi:10.1128/JVI.75.12.5697-5702.2001. PMC 114284. PMID 11356979.
  6. ^ Turner, A.; Bruun, B.; Minson, T.; Browne, H. (1998). "Glycoproteins gB, gD, and gHgL of herpes simplex virus type 1 are necessary and sufficient to mediate membrane fusion in a Cos cell transfection system". Journal of Virology. 72 (1): 873–875. doi:10.1128/JVI.72.1.873-875.1998. PMC 109452. PMID 9420303.
  7. ^ McLean, C. S.; Erturk, M.; Jennings, R.; Challanain, D. N.; Minson, A. C.; Duncan, I.; Boursnell, M. E.; Inglis, S. C. (1994). "Protective vaccination against primary and recurrent disease caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 2 using a genetically disabled HSV-1". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 170 (5): 1100–1109. doi:10.1093/infdis/170.5.1100. PMID 7963701.
  8. ^ Forrester, A.; Farrell, H.; Wilkinson, G.; Kaye, J.; Davis-Poynter, N.; Minson, T. (1992). "Construction and properties of a mutant of herpes simplex virus type 1 with glycoprotein H coding sequences deleted". Journal of Virology. 66 (1): 341–348. doi:10.1128/JVI.66.1.341-348.1992. PMC 238293. PMID 1309250.
  9. ^ Mitchinson, M. J. Arno J, Edwards PAW, LePage RWF, Minson AC (1996). Essentials of pathology. Oxford: Blackwell Science. ISBN 0-632-02944-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)