Varicella-zoster virus
By: Allison Abendroth, Ann M. Arvin, Jennifer F. Moffat, editors
Series: Current topics in microbiology and immunology -- 342; Current topics in microbiology and immunology -- 342.
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9783642127274; 9783642127281
Subjects: Varicella-zoster virus; Herpesvirus 3, Human
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Varicella-zoster virus genome; title: VZV molecular epidemiology; title: Roles of cellular transcription factors in VZV replication; title: Effects of Varicella-zoster virus on cell cycle regulatory pathways; title: Varicella-zoster virus open reading frame 66 protein kinase and its relationship to alphaherpesvirus US3 kinases; title: VZV ORF 47 serine protein kinase and its viral substrates; title: Overview of Varicella-zoster virus glycoproteins gC, gH and gL; title: Analysis of the function of glycoproteins E and I and their promoters during VZV replication in virto and in skin and T cell xenografts in the SCID mouse model of VZV pathogenesis; title: Varicella-zoster virus glycoprotein M; title: Varicella zoster virus immune evasion strategies; title: VZV Infection of keratinocytes: production of cell-free infectious virions in vivo; title: Varicella-zoster virus T cell tropism and the pathogenesis of skin infection; title: Experimental models to study varicella zoster virus infection of neurons; title: Molecular characterization of Varicella zoster virus (VZV) in latently infected human ganglia: physical state and abundance of VZV DNA, quantitation of viral transcripts and detection of VZV-specific proteins; title: Neurological disease produced by Varicella zoster virus reactivation without rash; title: Varicella-zoster virus neurotropism in SCID mouse-human DRG xenografts; title: Rodent models of Varicella-zoster virus neurotropism; title: Simian Varicella virus: molecular virology; title: Simian Varicella virus pathogenesis; title: Varicella-zoster virus vaccine : molecular genetics; title: VZV T-cell-mediated immunity; title: Perspectives on vaccines against Varicella-zoster virus infections.