Vaccinia virus and poxvirology : methods and protocols /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Isaacs, Stuart Neal
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2004]
Series:Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) ; v. 269.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Working safely with vaccinia virus : laboratory technique and the role of vaccinia vaccination
  • Construction and isolation of recombinant vaccinia virus using genetic markers
  • Construction of recombinant vaccinia virus : cloning into the thymidine kinase locus
  • Transient and inducible expression of vaccinia/T7 recombinant viruses
  • Construction of recombinant vaccinia viruses using leporipoxvirus catalyzed recombination and reactivation of orthopoxvirus DNA
  • Construction of CDNA libraries in vaccinia virus
  • Construction and isolation of recombination MVA
  • Growing poxviruses and determining virus titer
  • Rapid preparation of vaccinia virus DNA template for analysis and cloning by PCR
  • Orthopoxvirus diagnostics
  • An in vitro transcription system for studying vaccinia virus early genes
  • An in vitro transcription system for studying vaccinia virus late genes
  • Studying vaccinia virus RNA processing in vitro
  • Methods for analysis of poxvirus DNA replication
  • Studying the binding and entry of the intracellular and extracellular enveloped forms of vaccinia virus
  • Pox, dyes, and videotape : making movies of GFP labeled vaccinia virus
  • Interaction analysis of viral cytokine-binding proteins : using surface plasmon resonance
  • Monitoring of human immunological responses to vaccinia virus
  • Vaccinia virus as a tool for immunologic studies
  • Mouse models for studying orthopoxvirus respiratory infections
  • Viral glycoprotein-mediated cell fusion assays using vaccinia virus vectors
  • Use of dual recombinant vaccinia virus vectors to assay viral glycoprotein-mediated fusion with transfection-resistant primary cell targets
  • Poxvirus bioinformatics
  • Preparation and use of molluscum contagiosum virus from human tissue biopsy specimens