1. History of the Molecular Biology of Cytomegalovirus
Mark F. Stinski
2. Overview of Human Cytomegalovirus Pathogenesis
Maciej T. Nogalski, Donna Collins-McMillen, and Andrew D. Yurochko
3. Distinct Properties of Human Cytomegalovirus Strains and the Appropriate Choice of Strains for Particular Studies
Giada Frascaroli and Christian Sinzger
4. Use of Diploid Human Fibroblasts as a Model System to Culture/Grow, Study and Understand Human Cytomegalovirus Infection
Elizabeth A. Fortunato
5. Use of Recombinant Approaches to Construct Human Cytomegalovirus Mutants
Iryna Dekhtiarenko, Luka Čičin-Sain and Martin Messerle
6. The Use of Primary Human Cells (Fibroblasts, Monocytes and Others) to Assess Human Cytomegalovirus Function
Emma Poole, Matthew Reeves, and John H. Sinclair
7. Human Hematopoietic Long-Term Culture (hLTC) for Human Cytomegalovirus Latency and Reactivation
Mahadevaiah Umashankar and Felicia Goodrum
8. Analysis of Cytomegalovirus Binding/Entry-Mediated Events
Gary C.T. Chan and Andrew D. Yurochko
9. Use of 5-Ethynyl-2'-Deoxyuridine Labelling and Flow Cytometry to Study Cell Cycle-Dependent Regulation of Human Cytomegalovirus Gene Expression
Lüder Wiebusch and Christian Hagemeier
10. Methods for Studying the Function of Cytomegalovirus GPCRs
Christine O'Connor and William E. Miller
11. Methods for the Detection of Cytomegalovirus in Glioblastoma Cells and Tissues
Charles S. Cobbs, Lisa Matlaf, and Lualhati E. Harkins
12. Methods to Study the Nucleocytoplasmic Transport of Macromolecules with Respect to Their Impact on the Regulation of Human Cytomegalovirus Gene Expression
Marco Thomas, Barbara Zielke, Nina Reuter, and Thomas Stamminger
13. Fluorescence-Based Laser Capture Microscopy Technology Facilitates Identification of Critical In Vivo Cytomegalovirus Transcriptional Programs
Craig N. Kreklywich, Patricia P. Smith, Carmen Baca Jones, Anda Cornea, Susan L. Orloff, and Daniel N. Streblow
14. Techniques for Characterizing Cytomegalovirus-Encoded miRNAs
Lauren M. Hook, Igor Landais, Meaghan H. Hancock, and Jay A. Nelson
15. What We Have Learned From Animal Models of HCMV
Pranay Dogra and Tim Sparer
16. Rodent Models of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
Djurdjica Cekinovic, Vanda Juranic Lisnic, and Stipan Jonjic
17. Recent Approaches and Strategies in the Generation of Anti-Human Cytomegalovirus Vaccines
Suresh B. Boppana and William J. Britt
18. Approaches for the Generation of New Anti-Cytomegalovirus Agents: Identification of Protein-Protein Interaction Inhibitors and Compounds Against the HCMV IE2 Protein
Beatrice Mercorelli, Giorgio Gribaudo, Giorgio Palù, and Arianna Loregian
