Advances in Virus Research

Professor Karl Maramorosch works at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. Frederick A. Murphy, DVM, PhD, is professor, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston. He holds a BS and DVM from Cornell University and a PhD from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). Formerly he was dean and distinguished professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, and distinguished professor, School of Medicine, UC Davis. Before that he served as director of the National Center for Infectious Diseases, and director of the Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences and the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine. He holds an honorary Doctor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Turku, Finland; an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Guelph, Canada; an honorary Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of London, United Kingdom; an honorary Doctor of Science from University College Dublin, Ireland; the Presidential Rank Award of the U.S. Government; the PennVet World Leadership Award from the University of Pennsylvania, and the Distinguished Microbiologist Award from the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists. At UTMB, he is a member of the Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Galveston National Laboratory, and McLaughlin Endowment for Infection and Immunity. His professional interests include the pathology and epidemiology of highly pathogenic viruses/viral diseases: rabies and the rabies-like viruses, arboviruses, hemorrhagic fever viruses, and other neurotropic viruses. He has been a leader in advancing the concepts of “new and emerging infectious diseases” and “new and emerging zoonoses” and “the threat posed by bioterrorism.” Most recently, he has been working on Internet resources on the history of virology: “The Foundations of Virology” at http://www.utmb.edu/virusimages/.

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• Series PageContributorsRegulation of Foamy Viral Transcription and RNA Export I. IntroductionII. Foamy Viral TranscriptionIII. Foamy Viral TranscriptsIV. Tas FunctionV. Modulation of Chromatin Formation and StructureVI. Regulation of FV PolyadenylationVII. Regulation of Foamy Viral RNA ExportAcknowledgmentsDiagnosis and Control of Cereal Viruses in the Middle East I. IntroductionII. Diagnosis, Detection, and Typing of Cereal VirusesIII. Activities of National Plant Protection Services for Sustained Production of Cereal GermplasmIV. Breeding Cereals Resistant to VirusesV. ConclusionAcknowledgmentsThe Roles of Host Factors in Tombusvirus RNA Recombination I. IntroductionII. Identification of Host Components Affecting TBSV Recombination Based on Genome-wide Screens in YeastIII. Functions of Host Proteins in TBSV RNA RecombinationIV. The Combined Roles of Environmental and Host Factors in TBSV RNA RecombinationV. Summary and OutlookAcknowledgmentsCoronavirus Pathogenesis I. IntroductionII. Genome and VirionIII. Coronavirus-Induced DiseasesIV. Coronavirus Reverse GeneticsV. Structural ProteinsVI. Replicase ProteinsVII. MHV Accessory ProteinsVIII. SARS Accessory ProteinsIX. Conclusions and Future DirectionsAcknowledgmentsHuman Immunodeficiency Virus Viral Protein R as an Extracellular Protein in Neuropathogenesis I. IntroductionII. Extracellular Vpr: Active Secretion or Nonspecific Release?III. Extracellular Presence of Other HIV-1 ProteinsIV. Source of Extracellular Vpr in the BrainV. Impact of Extracellular Vpr on Cells in the PeripheryVI. Effects of Extracellular Vpr on NeuronsVII. Effects of Extracellular Vpr on AstrocytesVIII. ConclusionAcknowledgments