Human cytomegalovirus /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shenk, Thomas, Stinski, Mark
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Springer, [2008]
Series:Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; 325.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Human cytomegalovirus genome
  • Human cytomegalovirus microRNAs
  • Mutagenesis of the cytomegalovirus genome
  • Cytomegalovirus cell tropism
  • Virus entry and innate immune activation
  • Functions of human cytomegalovirus tegument proteins prior to immediate early gene expression
  • Initiation of cytomegalovirus infection at ND10
  • Functional roles of the human cytomegalovirus essential IE86 protein
  • Nuts and bolts of human cytomegalovirus lytic DNA replication
  • Interactions of human cytomegalovirus proteins with the nuclear transport machinery
  • Structure and formation of the cytomegalovirus virion
  • Human cytomegalovirus modulation of signal transduction
  • Chemokines and chemokine receptors encoded by cytomegaloviruses
  • Subversion of cell cycle regulatory pathways
  • Modulation of host cell stress responses by human cytomegalovirus
  • Control of apoptosis by human cytomegalovirus
  • Aspects of human cytomegalovirus latency and reactivation
  • Murine model of cytomegalovirus latency and reactivation
  • Cytomegalovirus immune evasion
  • Cytomegalovirus vaccine development
  • Cytomegalovirus infection in the human placenta : maternal immunity and developmentally regulated receptors on trophoblasts converge
  • Mechanisms of cytomegalovirus-accelerated vascular disease : induction of paracrine factors that promote angiogenesis and wound healing
  • Manifestations of human cytomegalovirus infection : proposed mechanisms of acute and chronic disease.