Contributors

Regulation of Foamy Viral Transcription and RNA Export

I. Introduction

II. Foamy Viral Transcription

III. Foamy Viral Transcripts

IV. Tas Function

V. Modulation of Chromatin Formation and Structure

VI. Regulation of FV Polyadenylation

VII. Regulation of Foamy Viral RNA Export

Acknowledgments

Diagnosis and Control of Cereal Viruses in the Middle East

I. Introduction

II. Diagnosis, Detection, and Typing of Cereal Viruses

III. Activities of National Plant Protection Services for Sustained Production of Cereal Germplasm

IV. Breeding Cereals Resistant to Viruses

V. Conclusion

Acknowledgments

The Roles of Host Factors in Tombusvirus RNA Recombination

I. Introduction

II. Identification of Host Components Affecting TBSV Recombination Based on Genome-wide Screens in Yeast

III. Functions of Host Proteins in TBSV RNA Recombination

IV. The Combined Roles of Environmental and Host Factors in TBSV RNA Recombination

V. Summary and Outlook

Acknowledgments

Coronavirus Pathogenesis

I. Introduction

II. Genome and Virion

III. Coronavirus-Induced Diseases

IV. Coronavirus Reverse Genetics

V. Structural Proteins

VI. Replicase Proteins

VII. MHV Accessory Proteins

VIII. SARS Accessory Proteins

IX. Conclusions and Future Directions

Acknowledgments

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Viral Protein R as an Extracellular Protein in Neuropathogenesis

I. Introduction

II. Extracellular Vpr: Active Secretion or Nonspecific Release?

III. Extracellular Presence of Other HIV-1 Proteins

IV. Source of Extracellular Vpr in the Brain

V. Impact of Extracellular Vpr on Cells in the Periphery

VI. Effects of Extracellular Vpr on Neurons

VII. Effects of Extracellular Vpr on Astrocytes

VIII. Conclusion

Acknowledgments