Varicella-zoster Virus

392 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The Varicella-Zoster Virus Genome.- VZV Molecular Epidemiology.- Roles of Cellular Transcription Factors in VZV Replication.- Effects of Varicella-Zoster Virus on Cell Cycle Regulatory Pathways.- Varicella-Zoster Virus Open Reading Frame 66 Protein Kinase and Its Relationship to Alphaherpesvirus US3 Kinases.- VZV ORF47 Serine Protein Kinase and Its Viral Substrates.- Overview of Varicella-Zoster Virus Glycoproteins gC, gH and gL.- Analysis of the Functions of Glycoproteins E and I and Their Promoters During VZV Replication In Vitro and in Skin and T-Cell Xenografts in the SCID Mouse Model of VZV Pathogenesis.- Varicella-Zoster Virus Glycoprotein M.- Varicella Zoster Virus Immune Evasion Strategies.- VZV Infection of Keratinocytes: Production of Cell-Free Infectious Virions In Vivo.- Varicella-Zoster Virus T Cell Tropism and the Pathogenesis of Skin Infection.- Experimental Models to Study Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection of Neurons.- Molecular Characterization of Varicella Zoster Virus in Latently Infected Human Ganglia: Physical State and Abundance of VZV DNA, Quantitation of Viral Transcripts and Detection of VZV-Specific Proteins.- Neurological Disease Produced by Varicella Zoster Virus Reactivation Without Rash.- Varicella-Zoster Virus Neurotropism in SCID Mouse-Human Dorsal Root Ganglia Xenografts.- Rodent Models of Varicella-Zoster Virus Neurotropism.- Simian Varicella Virus: Molecular Virology.- Simian Varicella Virus Pathogenesis.- Varicella-Zoster Virus Vaccine: Molecular Genetics.- VZV T Cell-Mediated Immunity.- Perspectives on Vaccines Against Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections.

• Reihe: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Biologie, Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie (nicht-medizinisch)
• ISBN: 9783642264665
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.10.2012
• Größe: 235 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Springer
• Herausgegeben von: Allison Abendroth, Ann M. Arvin, Jennifer F. Moffat