Cell Biology of Herpes Viruses

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Osterrieder, Klaus (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, 223
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Virology.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Cell Biology.

Herpes viruses are widely distributed in nature, causing disease in organisms as diverse as bivalves and primates, including humans. Each virus appears to have established a long-standing relationship with its host, and the viruses have the ability to manipulate and control the metabolism of host ce...

Table of Contents:

• Initial contact: The first steps in herpesvirus entry
• Herpesvirus capsid assembly and DNA packaging
• Interindividual spread of herpesviruses
• Innate immune mechanisms and herpes simplex virus infection and disease
• Herpesvirus latency. On the importance of positioning oneself
• The human CMV IE1 protein: An offender of PML nuclear bodies
• Assembly and egress of an alphaherpesvirus clockwork
• Herpes simplex virus membrane fusion. .