| | Book Report Review of "Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching" by Michael Greger Chengfeng Qin and Ede Qin Virol J. 2007; 4: 38. Published online 2007 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-38.PMCID: PMC1867810 Commentaries The PB1-F2 protein of Influenza A virus: increasing pathogenicity by disrupting alveolar macrophages J Robert Coleman Virol J. 2007; 4: 9. Published online 2007 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-9.PMCID: PMC1781424 An invitation to recent graduates: publish your dissertation/thesis background section as a review in Virology Journal Robert F Garry Virol J. 2007; 4: 46. Published online 2007 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-46.PMCID: PMC1891282 Debate Applying the scientific method when assessing the influence of migratory birds on the dispersal of H5N1 Paul L Flint Virol J. 2007; 4: 132. Published online 2007 December 4. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-132.PMCID: PMC2169211 Hypothesis Replicative Homeostasis III: implications for antiviral therapy and mechanisms of response and non-response Richard Sallie Virol J. 2007; 4: 29. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-29.PMCID: PMC1847443 Evolution and the complexity of bacteriophages Philip Serwer Virol J. 2007; 4: 30. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-30.PMCID: PMC1828717 Structural comparisons of the nucleoprotein from three negative strand RNA virus families Ming Luo, Todd J Green, Xin Zhang, Jun Tsao, and Shihong Qiu Virol J. 2007; 4: 72. Published online 2007 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-72.PMCID: PMC2031895 Does Japanese encephalitis virus share the same cellular receptor with other mosquito-borne flaviviruses on the C6/36 mosquito cells? Junping Ren, Tianbing Ding, Wei Zhang, Jianhua Song, and Wenyu Ma Virol J. 2007; 4: 83. Published online 2007 September 6. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-83.PMCID: PMC2075493 Overcoming viral escape with vaccines that generate and display antigen diversity in vivo Albert García-Quintanilla Virol J. 2007; 4: 125. Published online 2007 November 22. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-125.PMCID: PMC2169210 Methodology A focus reduction neutralization assay for hepatitis C virus neutralizing antibodies Carole Fournier, Gilles Duverlie, Catherine François, Aurelie Schnuriger, Sarah Dedeurwaerder, Etienne Brochot, Dominique Capron, Czeslaw Wychowski, Vincent Thibault, and Sandrine Castelain Virol J. 2007; 4: 35. Published online 2007 March 30. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-35.PMCID: PMC1852297 Discovery of herpesviruses in multi-infected primates using locked nucleic acids (LNA) and a bigenic PCR approach Sandra Prepens, Karl-Anton Kreuzer, Fabian Leendertz, Andreas Nitsche, and Bernhard Ehlers Virol J. 2007; 4: 84. Published online 2007 September 6. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-84.PMCID: PMC2014757 Universal primers for HBV genome DNA amplification across subtypes: a case study for designing more effective viral primers Qingrun Zhang, Guanghua Wu, Elliott Richards, Shan'gang Jia, and Changqing Zeng Virol J. 2007; 4: 92. Published online 2007 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-92.PMCID: PMC2099425 Serum levels of preS antigen (HBpreSAg) in chronic hepatitis B virus infected patients Min Lian, Xu Zhou, Lai Wei, Shihong Qiu, Tong Zhou, Lanfen Li, Xiaocheng Gu, Ming Luo, and Xiaofeng Zheng Virol J. 2007; 4: 93. Published online 2007 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-93.PMCID: PMC2082030 Cloning of the canine RNA polymerase I promoter and establishment of reverse genetics for influenza A and B in MDCK cells Zhaoti Wang and Gregory M Duke Virol J. 2007; 4: 102. Published online 2007 October 23. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-102.PMCID: PMC2241602 Recombination-ready Sindbis replicon expression vectors for transgene expression Brian J Geiss, Lisa H Shimonkevitz, Cherilyn I Sackal, and Ken E Olson Virol J. 2007; 4: 112. Published online 2007 October 26. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-112.PMCID: PMC2164957 Construction and characterization of recombinant flaviviruses bearing insertions between E and NS1 genes Myrna C Bonaldo, Samanta M Mello, Gisela F Trindade, Aymara A Rangel, Adriana S Duarte, Prisciliana J Oliveira, Marcos S Freire, Claire F Kubelka, and Ricardo Galler Virol J. 2007; 4: 115. Published online 2007 October 30. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-115.PMCID: PMC2173888 Determination of suitable housekeeping genes for normalisation of quantitative real time PCR analysis of cells infected with human immunodeficiency virus and herpes viruses Sarah Watson, Sarah Mercier, Chris Bye, John Wilkinson, Anthony L Cunningham, and Andrew N Harman Virol J. 2007; 4: 130. Published online 2007 December 3. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-130.PMCID: PMC2216015 HBVRegDB: Annotation, comparison, detection and visualization of regulatory elements in hepatitis B virus sequences Nattanan Panjaworayan, Stephan K Roessner, Andrew E Firth, and Chris M Brown Virol J. 2007; 4: 136. Published online 2007 December 17. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-136.PMCID: PMC2235840 Research Quantitative analysis of Nipah virus proteins released as virus-like particles reveals central role for the matrix protein Jared R Patch, Gary Crameri, Lin-Fa Wang, Bryan T Eaton, and Christopher C Broder Virol J. 2007; 4: 1. Published online 2007 January 4. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-1.PMCID: PMC1781425 HSV-2- and HIV-1- permissive cell lines co-infected by HSV-2 and HIV-1 co-replicate HSV-2 and HIV-1 without production of HSV-2/HIV-1 pseudotype particles Jérôme LeGoff, Hicham Bouhlal, Maxime Lecerf, Christophe Klein, Hakim Hocini, Ali Si-Mohamed, Martin Muggeridge, and Laurent Bélec Virol J. 2007; 4: 2. Published online 2007 January 5. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-2.PMCID: PMC1769478 Structure-based engineering of papillomavirus major capsid L1: controlling particle assembly Brooke Bishop, Jhimli Dasgupta, and Xiaojiang S Chen Virol J. 2007; 4: 3. Published online 2007 January 8. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-3.PMCID: PMC1781933 Importance of A-loop complementarity with tRNAHis anticodon for continued selection of tRNAHis as the HIV reverse transcription primer Na Ni, Wenqin Xu, and Casey D Morrow Virol J. 2007; 4: 4. Published online 2007 January 10. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-4.PMCID: PMC1785369 Mutations in the TΨC Loop of E. coli tRNALys,3 Have Varied Effects on In Trans Complementation of HIV-1 Replication Wanfeng Yu, Anna McCulley, and Casey D Morrow Virol J. 2007; 4: 5. Published online 2007 January 11. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-5.PMCID: PMC1785368 Molecular analysis of hepatitis B virus "a" determinant in asymptomatic and symptomatic Mexican carriers Martha-Eugenia Ruiz-Tachiquín, Hilda-Alicia Valdez-Salazar, Vicencio Juárez-Barreto, Margarita Dehesa-Violante, Javier Torres, Onofre Muñoz-Hernández, and Ma-Teresa Alvarez-Muñoz Virol J. 2007; 4: 6. Published online 2007 January 11. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-6.PMCID: PMC1781063 Interaction between Bluetongue virus outer capsid protein VP2 and vimentin is necessary for virus egress Bishnupriya Bhattacharya, Rob J Noad, and Polly Roy Virol J. 2007; 4: 7. Published online 2007 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-7.PMCID: PMC1783847 Comparative genomic analysis of the family Iridoviridae: re-annotating and defining the core set of iridovirus genes Heather E Eaton, Julie Metcalf, Emily Penny, Vasily Tcherepanov, Chris Upton, and Craig R Brunetti Virol J. 2007; 4: 11. Published online 2007 January 19. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-11.PMCID: PMC1783846 Crystal structure of AFV3-109, a highly conserved protein from crenarchaeal viruses Jenny Keller, Nicolas Leulliot, Christian Cambillau, Valérie Campanacci, Stéphanie Porciero, David Prangishvili, Patrick Forterre, Diego Cortez, Sophie Quevillon-Cheruel, and Herman van Tilbeurgh Virol J. 2007; 4: 12. Published online 2007 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-12.PMCID: PMC1796864 Molecular epidemiology of measles viruses in China, 1995–2003 Yan Zhang, Zhen Zhu, Paul A Rota, Xiaohong Jiang, Jiayu Hu, Jianguo Wang, Wei Tang, Zhenying Zhang, Congyong Li, Changyin Wang, Tongzhan Wang, Lei Zheng, Hong Tian, Hua Ling, Chunfang Zhao, Yan Ma, Chunyan Lin, Jilan He, Jiang Tian, Yan Ma, Ping Li, Ronghui Guan, Weikuan He, Jianhui Zhou, Guiyan Liu, Hong Zhang, Xinge Yan, Xuelei Yang, Jinlin Zhang, Yiyu Lu, Shunde Zhou, Zhuoma Ba, Wei Liu, Xiuhui Yang , Yujie Ma, Yong Liang, Yeqiang Li, Yixin Ji, David Featherstone, William J Bellini, Songtao Xu, Guodong Liang, and Wenbo Xu Virol J. 2007; 4: 14. Published online 2007 February 5. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-14.PMCID: PMC1802751 Interactions of viruses in Cowpea: effects on growth and yield parameters KT Kareem and MA Taiwo Virol J. 2007; 4: 15. Published online 2007 February 8. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-15.PMCID: PMC1805424 Genetic distance and heterogenecity between quasispecies is a critical predictor to IFN response in Egyptian patients with HCV genotype-4 Abdel Rahman N Zekri, Hanaa M Alam El-Din, Abeer A Bahnassy, Mohsen M Khaled, Ashraf Omar, Inas Fouad, Mahmoud El-Hefnewi, Fouad Thakeb, and Mostafa El-Awady Virol J. 2007; 4: 16. Published online 2007 February 14. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-16.PMCID: PMC1805740 Expression of particulate-form of Japanese encephalitis virus envelope protein in a stably transfected Drosophila cell line Fuquan Zhang, Wenyu Ma, Li Zhang, Marlen Aasa-Chapman, and Hongyi Zhang Virol J. 2007; 4: 17. Published online 2007 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-17.PMCID: PMC1817644 The effects of DNA methylation and histone deacetylase inhibitors on human papillomavirus early gene expression in cervical cancer, an in vitro and clinical study Erick de la Cruz-Hernández, Enrique Pérez-Cárdenas, Adriana Contreras-Paredes, David Cantú, Alejandro Mohar, Marcela Lizano, and Alfonso Dueñas-González Virol J. 2007; 4: 18. Published online 2007 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-18.PMCID: PMC1819371 Mechanisms regulating expression of the HPV 31 L1 and L2 capsid proteins and pseudovirion entry Patrick L Hindmarsh and Laimonis A Laimins Virol J. 2007; 4: 19. Published online 2007 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-19.PMCID: PMC1808446 Feline aminopeptidase N is not a functional receptor for avian infectious bronchitis virus Victor C Chu, Lisa J McElroy, Jed M Aronson, Trisha J Oura, Carole E Harbison, Beverley E Bauman, and Gary R Whittaker Virol J. 2007; 4: 20. Published online 2007 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-20.PMCID: PMC1810517 Pathogeneses of respiratory infections with virulent and attenuated vaccinia viruses Daisuke Hayasaka, Francis A Ennis, and Masanori Terajima Virol J. 2007; 4: 22. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-22.PMCID: PMC1810241 Vaccine candidates for dengue virus type 1 (DEN1) generated by replacement of the structural genes of rDEN4 and rDEN4Δ30 with those of DEN1 Joseph E Blaney, Jr, Neeraj S Sathe, Christopher T Hanson, Cai Yen Firestone, Brian R Murphy, and Stephen S Whitehead Virol J. 2007; 4: 23. Published online 2007 February 28. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-23.PMCID: PMC1819370 Modulation of gene expression in a human cell line caused by poliovirus, vaccinia virus and interferon Bjørn Grinde, Marc Gayorfar, and Gunnar Hoddevik Virol J. 2007; 4: 24. Published online 2007 March 5. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-24.PMCID: PMC1821010 Different rates of (non-)synonymous mutations in astrovirus genes; correlation with gene function Formijn J van Hemert, Vladimir V Lukashov, and Ben Berkhout Virol J. 2007; 4: 25. Published online 2007 March 7. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-25.PMCID: PMC1828050 Transplacental murine cytomegalovirus infection in the brain of SCID mice Nigel K Woolf, Dawn V Jaquish, and Fred J Koehrn Virol J. 2007; 4: 26. Published online 2007 March 9. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-26.PMCID: PMC1838414 Using patient-collected clinical samples and sera to detect and quantify the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) Zhongping He, Hui Zhuang, Chunhui Zhao, Qingming Dong, Guoai Peng, and Dominic E Dwyer Virol J. 2007; 4: 32. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-32.PMCID: PMC1851004 Evidence of recombination within human alpha-papillomavirus Manuel Angulo and Antonio Carvajal-Rodríguez Virol J. 2007; 4: 33. Published online 2007 March 28. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-33.PMCID: PMC1847806 Characterization of gene expression on genomic segment 7 of infectious salmon anaemia virus Frederick SB Kibenge, Hongtao Xu, Molly JT Kibenge, Biao Qian, and Tomy Joseph Virol J. 2007; 4: 34. Published online 2007 March 29. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-34.PMCID: PMC1851003 Infection of hepatitis B virus in extrahepatic endothelial tissues mediated by endothelial progenitor cells Qifei Rong, Jun Huang, Enben Su, Jun Li, Jianyong Li, Lili Zhang, and Kejiang Cao Virol J. 2007; 4: 36. Published online 2007 April 2. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-36.PMCID: PMC1851702 Beet necrotic yellow vein virus accumulates inside resting spores and zoosporangia of its vector Polymyxa betae BNYVV infects P. betae Jeanmarie Verchot Lubicz, Charles M Rush, Mark Payton, and Terry Colberg Virol J. 2007; 4: 37. Published online 2007 April 5. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-37.PMCID: PMC1866226 Different pH requirements are associated with divergent inhibitory effects of chloroquine on human and avian influenza A viruses Livia Di Trani, Andrea Savarino, Laura Campitelli, Sandro Norelli, Simona Puzelli, Daniela D'Ostilio, Edoardo Vignolo, Isabella Donatelli, and Antonio Cassone Virol J. 2007; 4: 39. Published online 2007 May 3. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-39.PMCID: PMC1878474 Genome-wide diversity and selective pressure in the human rhinovirus Amy L Kistler, Dale R Webster, Silvi Rouskin, Vince Magrini, Joel J Credle, David P Schnurr, Homer A Boushey, Elaine R Mardis, Hao Li, and Joseph L DeRisi Virol J. 2007; 4: 40. Published online 2007 May 3. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-40.PMCID: PMC1892812 Genome sequence analysis of La Crosse virus and in vitro and in vivo phenotypes Richard S Bennett, David R Ton, Christopher T Hanson, Brian R Murphy, and Stephen S Whitehead Virol J. 2007; 4: 41. Published online 2007 May 8. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-41.PMCID: PMC1877800 Receptor binding specificity of recent human H3N2 influenza viruses Kshama Kumari, Shelly Gulati, David F Smith, Upma Gulati, Richard D Cummings, and Gillian M Air Virol J. 2007; 4: 42. Published online 2007 May 9. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-42.PMCID: PMC1876801 First introduction of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A viruses in wild and domestic birds in Denmark, Northern Europe Karoline Bragstad, Poul H Jørgensen, Kurt Handberg, Anne S Hammer, Susanne Kabell, and Anders Fomsgaard Virol J. 2007; 4: 43. Published online 2007 May 11. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-43.PMCID: PMC1876802 Biochemical characterization of the fidelity of poliovirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase Marion S Freistadt, Joseph A Vaccaro, and Karen E Eberle Virol J. 2007; 4: 44. Published online 2007 May 24. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-44.PMCID: PMC1904441 Posttranslational N-glycosylation of the hepatitis B virus large envelope protein Carsten Lambert and Reinhild Prange Virol J. 2007; 4: 45. Published online 2007 May 30. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-45.PMCID: PMC1891283 Antisense RNA directed to the human papillomavirus type 16 E7 mRNA from herpes simplex virus type 1 derived vectors is expressed in CaSki cells and downregulates E7 mRNA Ilkka Kari, Stina Syrjänen, Bo Johansson, Piritta Peri, Bin He, Bernard Roizman, and Veijo Hukkanen Virol J. 2007; 4: 47. Published online 2007 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-47.PMCID: PMC1892547 Nuclear import of influenza A viral ribonucleoprotein complexes is mediated by two nuclear localization sequences on viral nucleoprotein Winco WH Wu, Ying-Hua B Sun, and Nelly Panté Virol J. 2007; 4: 49. Published online 2007 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-49.PMCID: PMC1891284 Inactivation of viruses by coherent excitations with a low power visible femtosecond laser KT Tsen, Shaw-Wei D Tsen, Chih-Long Chang, Chien-Fu Hung, T-C Wu, and Juliann G Kiang Virol J. 2007; 4: 50. Published online 2007 June 5. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-50.PMCID: PMC1899485 Expression of RNA virus proteins by RNA polymerase II dependent expression plasmids is hindered at multiple steps Nicola Ternette, Daniela Stefanou, Seraphin Kuate, Klaus Überla, and Thomas Grunwald Virol J. 2007; 4: 51. Published online 2007 June 5. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-51.PMCID: PMC1892776 Detection of virus mRNA within infected host cells using an isothermal nucleic acid amplification assay: marine cyanophage gene expression within Synechococcus sp Susan D Wharam, Matthew J Hall, and William H Wilson Virol J. 2007; 4: 52. Published online 2007 June 6. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-52.PMCID: PMC1904187 Clearance of an immunosuppressive virus from the CNS coincides with immune reanimation and diversification Henning Lauterbach, Phi Truong, and Dorian B McGavern Virol J. 2007; 4: 53. Published online 2007 June 6. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-53.PMCID: PMC1899484 Human neuronal cell protein responses to Nipah virus infection Li-Yen Chang, AR Mohd Ali, Sharifah Syed Hassan, and Sazaly AbuBakar Virol J. 2007; 4: 54. Published online 2007 June 7. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-54.PMCID: PMC1896155 Repressor element-1 silencing transcription factor/neuronal restrictive silencer factor (REST/NRSF) can regulate HSV-1 immediate-early transcription via histone modification Rajeswara C Pinnoji, Gautam R Bedadala, Beena George, Thomas C Holland, James M Hill, and Shao-chung V Hsia Virol J. 2007; 4: 56. Published online 2007 June 7. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-56.PMCID: PMC1906746 HIV-1 Vpr activates the G2 checkpoint through manipulation of the ubiquitin proteasome system Jason L DeHart, Erik S Zimmerman, Orly Ardon, Carlos MR Monteiro-Filho, Enrique R Argañaraz, and Vicente Planelles Virol J. 2007; 4: 57. Published online 2007 June 8. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-57.PMCID: PMC1904188 Porcine adenovirus type 3 E1Blarge protein downregulates the induction of IL-8 Yan Zhou, Andrew Ficzycz, and Suresh Kumar Tikoo Virol J. 2007; 4: 60. Published online 2007 June 12. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-60.PMCID: PMC1906745 Carlow Virus, a 2002 GII.4 variant Norovirus strain from Ireland Karen Kearney, John Menton, and John G Morgan Virol J. 2007; 4: 61. Published online 2007 June 13. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-61.PMCID: PMC1913912 Role of CD151, A tetraspanin, in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection Kumar Shanmukhappa, Jeong-Ki Kim, and Sanjay Kapil Virol J. 2007; 4: 62. Published online 2007 June 16. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-62.PMCID: PMC1906853 Common Genotypes of Hepatitis B virus prevalent in Injecting drug abusers (addicts) of North West Frontier Province of Pakistan Muhammad Masroor Alam, Sohail Zahoor Zaidi, Shehzad Shaukat, Salmaan Sharif, Mehar Angez, Asif Naeem, Shamim Saleha, Javed Aslam Butt, and Salman Akbar Malik Virol J. 2007; 4: 63. Published online 2007 June 28. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-63.PMCID: PMC1910598 Repressor of temperate mycobacteriophage L1 harbors a stable C-terminal domain and binds to different asymmetric operator DNAs with variable affinity Tridib Ganguly, Amitava Bandhu, Partho Chattoraj, Palas K Chanda, Malabika Das, Nitai C Mandal, and Subrata Sau Virol J. 2007; 4: 64. Published online 2007 June 28. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-64.PMCID: PMC1934351 Virus detection and identification using random multiplex (RT)-PCR with 3'-locked random primers Amy L Clem, Jonathan Sims, Sucheta Telang, John W Eaton, and Jason Chesney Virol J. 2007; 4: 65. Published online 2007 June 28. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-65.PMCID: PMC1950496 Regulation of HTLV-1 Gag budding by Vps4A, Vps4B, and AIP1/Alix Shuzo Urata, Hideyoshi Yokosawa, and Jiro Yasuda Virol J. 2007; 4: 66. Published online 2007 July 2. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-66.PMCID: PMC1920503 Attenuation and efficacy of human parainfluenza virus type 1 (HPIV1) vaccine candidates containing stabilized mutations in the P/C and L genes Emmalene J Bartlett, Adam Castaño, Sonja R Surman, Peter L Collins, Mario H Skiadopoulos, and Brian R Murphy Virol J. 2007; 4: 67. Published online 2007 July 2. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-67.PMCID: PMC1939843 Kinetics of antibody-induced modulation of respiratory syncytial virus antigens in a human epithelial cell line Rosa E Sarmiento, Rocio G Tirado, Laura E Valverde, and Beatriz Gómez-Garcia Virol J. 2007; 4: 68. Published online 2007 July 3. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-68.PMCID: PMC1950497 The complete genomes of three viruses assembled from shotgun libraries of marine RNA virus communities Alexander I Culley, Andrew S Lang, and Curtis A Suttle Virol J. 2007; 4: 69. Published online 2007 July 6. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-69.PMCID: PMC1948888 Vaccinia virus A12L protein and its AG/A proteolysis play an important role in viral morphogenic transition Su Jung Yang and Dennis E Hruby Virol J. 2007; 4: 73. Published online 2007 July 11. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-73.PMCID: PMC1947960 Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in Egyptian pediatric cancer patients with acute and chronic active HBV infection Abdel-Rahman N Zekri, Mohamed M Hafez, Nahed I Mohamed, Zeinab K Hassan, Manal H El-Sayed, Mohsen M Khaled, and Tarek Mansour Virol J. 2007; 4: 74. Published online 2007 July 15. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-74.PMCID: PMC1947959 Phenotype and envelope gene diversity of nef-deleted HIV-1 isolated from long-term survivors infected from a single source Lachlan Gray, Melissa J Churchill, Jasminka Sterjovski, Kristie Witlox, Jennifer C Learmont, John S Sullivan, Steven L Wesselingh, Dana Gabuzda, Anthony L Cunningham, Dale A McPhee, and Paul R Gorry Virol J. 2007; 4: 75. Published online 2007 July 16. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-75.PMCID: PMC1939844 An ectromelia virus profilin homolog interacts with cellular tropomyosin and viral A-type inclusion protein Christine Butler-Cole, Mary J Wagner, Melissa Da Silva, Gordon D Brown, Robert D Burke, and Chris Upton Virol J. 2007; 4: 76. Published online 2007 July 24. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-76.PMCID: PMC1964790 Experimental infection of H5N1 HPAI in BALB/c mice Vasily A Evseenko, Eugeny K Bukin, Anna V Zaykovskaya, Kirill A Sharshov, Vladimir A Ternovoi, George M Ignatyev, and Alexander M Shestopalov Virol J. 2007; 4: 77. Published online 2007 July 27. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-77.PMCID: PMC1973068 Characterization of vaccinia virus A12L protein proteolysis and its participation in virus assembly Su Jung Yang Virol J. 2007; 4: 78. Published online 2007 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-78.PMCID: PMC1959187 Evolution of naturally occurring 5'non-coding region variants of Hepatitis C virus in human populations of the South American region Gonzalo Moratorio, Mariela Martínez, María F Gutiérrez, Katiuska González, Rodney Colina, Fernando López-Tort, Lilia López, Ricardo Recarey, Alejandro G Schijman, María P Moreno, Laura García-Aguirre, Aura R Manascero, and Juan Cristina Virol J. 2007; 4: 79. Published online 2007 August 2. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-79.PMCID: PMC1973069 Oligomerization of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Vpu protein – a genetic, biochemical and biophysical analysis Amjad Hussain, Suman R Das, Charu Tanwar, and Shahid Jameel Virol J. 2007; 4: 81. Published online 2007 August 29. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-81.PMCID: PMC2042504 Blood genomic profiles of exposures to Venezuelan equine encephalitis in Cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) Rasha Hammamieh, Mohsen Barmada, George Ludwig, Sheila Peel, Nick Koterski, and Marti Jett Virol J. 2007; 4: 82. Published online 2007 August 29. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-82.PMCID: PMC2042503 Progressive loss of CD3 expression after HTLV-I infection results from chromatin remodeling affecting all the CD3 genes and persists despite early viral genes silencing Haidar Akl, Bassam Badran, Gratiela Dobirta, Germain Manfouo-Foutsop, Maria Moschitta, Makram Merimi, Arsène Burny, Philippe Martiat, and Karen E Willard-Gallo Virol J. 2007; 4: 85. Published online 2007 September 6. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-85.PMCID: PMC2042505 Development of a real-time RT-PCR and Reverse Line probe Hybridisation assay for the routine detection and genotyping of Noroviruses in Ireland John F Menton, Karen Kearney, and John G Morgan Virol J. 2007; 4: 86. Published online 2007 September 6. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-86.PMCID: PMC2008195 Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus G-protein coupled receptor activation of cyclooxygenase-2 in vascular endothelial cells Bryan D Shelby, Heather L LaMarca, Harris E McFerrin, Anne B Nelson, Joseph A Lasky, Gang Sun, Leslie Myatt, Margaret K Offermann, Cindy A Morris, and Deborah E Sullivan Virol J. 2007; 4: 87. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-87.PMCID: PMC2034382 In vivo transcriptional targeting into the retinal vasculature using recombinant baculovirus carrying the human flt-1 promoter Agustín Luz-Madrigal, Carmen Clapp, Jorge Aranda, and Luis Vaca Virol J. 2007; 4: 88. Published online 2007 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-88.PMCID: PMC2034561 Reduced expression of Jak-1 and Tyk-2 proteins leads to interferon resistance in Hepatitis C virus replicon Sidhartha Hazari, Lizeth Taylor, Salima Haque, Robert F Garry, Sander Florman, Ronald Luftig, Frederic Regenstein, and Srikanta Dash Virol J. 2007; 4: 89. Published online 2007 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-89.PMCID: PMC2075494 Dengue virus serotype infection specifies the activation of the unfolded protein response Indira Umareddy, Olivier Pluquet, Qing Yin Wang, Subhash G Vasudevan, Eric Chevet, and Feng Gu Virol J. 2007; 4: 91. Published online 2007 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-91.PMCID: PMC2045667 Cowpea viruses: Effect of single and mixed infections on symptomatology and virus concentration Moni A Taiwo, Kehinde T Kareem, Imade Y Nsa, and Jackies D'A Hughes Virol J. 2007; 4: 95. Published online 2007 September 27. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-95.PMCID: PMC2222634 A pandemic strain of calicivirus threatens rabbit industries in the Americas Michael T McIntosh, Shawn C Behan, Fawzi M Mohamed, Zhiqiang Lu, Karen E Moran, Thomas G Burrage, John G Neilan, Gordon B Ward, Giuliana Botti, Lorenzo Capucci, and Samia A Metwally Virol J. 2007; 4: 96. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-96.PMCID: PMC2147015 Comparative genomics of Bacillus thuringiensis phage 0305 8-36: defining patterns of descent in a novel ancient phage lineage Stephen C Hardies, Julie A Thomas, and Philip Serwer Virol J. 2007; 4: 97. Published online 2007 October 5. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-97.PMCID: PMC2147016 Cloning of full genome sequence of hepatitis E virus of Shanghai swine isolate using RACE method Quan Shen, Wen Zhang, Xiangrong Cao, Jing Mou, Li Cui, and Xiuguo Hua Virol J. 2007; 4: 98. Published online 2007 October 9. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-98.PMCID: PMC2140057 Purification of infectious human herpesvirus 6A virions and association of host cell proteins Maria Hammarstedt, Jenny Ahlqvist, Steven Jacobson, Henrik Garoff, and Anna Fogdell-Hahn Virol J. 2007; 4: 101. Published online 2007 October 19. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-101.PMCID: PMC2164960 Genetic incorporation of the protein transduction domain of Tat into Ad5 fiber enhances gene transfer efficacy Tie Han, Yizhe Tang, Hideyo Ugai, Leslie E Perry, Gene P Siegal, Juan L Contreras, and Hongju Wu Virol J. 2007; 4: 103. Published online 2007 October 24. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-103.PMCID: PMC2134930 Hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus in pregnant Sudanese women Rasha M Elsheikh, Ahmed A Daak, Mohamed A Elsheikh, Mubarak S Karsany, and Ishag Adam Virol J. 2007; 4: 104. Published online 2007 October 24. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-104.PMCID: PMC2116999 Nucleocapsid formation and RNA synthesis of Marburg virus is dependent on two coiled coil motifs in the nucleoprotein Andrea DiCarlo, Peggy Möller, Angelika Lander, Larissa Kolesnikova, and Stephan Becker Virol J. 2007; 4: 105. Published online 2007 October 24. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-105.PMCID: PMC2170442 The simultaneous presence and expression of human hepatitis C virus (HCV), human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6), and human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) in a single human T-cell S Zaki Salahuddin, Katherine A Snyder, Andre Godwin, Renu Grewal, John G Prichard, Ann S Kelley, and Dennis Revie Virol J. 2007; 4: 106. Published online 2007 October 24. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-106.PMCID: PMC2170440 Development of a model for marburgvirus based on severe-combined immunodeficiency mice Kelly L Warfield, Derron A Alves, Steven B Bradfute, Daniel K Reed, Sean VanTongeren, Warren V Kalina, Gene G Olinger, and Sina Bavari Virol J. 2007; 4: 108. Published online 2007 October 25. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-108.PMCID: PMC2164958 Thiol-reactive reagents inhibits intracellular trafficking of human papillomavirus type 16 pseudovirions by binding to cysteine residues of major capsid protein L1 Yoshiyuki Ishii, Kazunari Kondo, Tamae Matsumoto, Keiko Tanaka, Fumiko Shinkai-Ouchi, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, and Tadahito Kanda Virol J. 2007; 4: 110. Published online 2007 October 26. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-110.PMCID: PMC2147014 Detection and frequency of recombination in tomato-infecting begomoviruses of South and Southeast Asia HC Prasanna and Mathura Rai Virol J. 2007; 4: 111. Published online 2007 October 26. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-111.PMCID: PMC2170441 Imperfect DNA mirror repeats in the gag gene of HIV-1 (HXB2) identify key functional domains and coincide with protein structural elements in each of the mature proteins Dorothy M Lang Virol J. 2007; 4: 113. Published online 2007 October 26. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-113.PMCID: PMC2211468 The E5 protein of the human papillomavirus type 16 down-regulates HLA-I surface expression in calnexin-expressing but not in calnexin-deficient cells Myriam Gruener, Ignacio G Bravo, Frank Momburg, Angel Alonso, and Pascal Tomakidi Virol J. 2007; 4: 116. Published online 2007 October 30. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-116.PMCID: PMC2164959 Roles of adjuvant and route of vaccination in antibody response and protection engendered by a synthetic matrix protein 2-based influenza A virus vaccine in the mouse Krystyna Mozdzanowska, Darya Zharikova, Mare Cudic, Laszlo Otvos, and Walter Gerhard Virol J. 2007; 4: 118. Published online 2007 October 31. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-118.PMCID: PMC2186315 The herpes simplex virus UL20 protein functions in glycoprotein K (gK) intracellular transport and virus-induced cell fusion are independent of UL20 functions in cytoplasmic virion envelopment Jeffrey M Melancon, Preston A Fulmer, and Konstantin G Kousoulas Virol J. 2007; 4: 120. Published online 2007 November 8. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-120.PMCID: PMC2186317 Genetic characterisation of the recent foot-and-mouth disease virus subtype A/IRN/2005 Joern Klein, Manzoor Hussain, Munir Ahmad, Preben Normann, Muhammad Afzal, and Soren Alexandersen Virol J. 2007; 4: 122. Published online 2007 November 15. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-122.PMCID: PMC2194681 Viroporin potential of the lentivirus lytic peptide (LLP) domains of the HIV-1 gp41 protein Joshua M Costin, Joshua M Rausch, Robert F Garry, and William C Wimley Virol J. 2007; 4: 123. Published online 2007 November 20. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-123.PMCID: PMC2211469 The internal initiation of translation in bovine viral diarrhea virus RNA depends on the presence of an RNA pseudoknot upstream of the initiation codon Lorin Moes and Manfred Wirth Virol J. 2007; 4: 124. Published online 2007 November 22. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-124.PMCID: PMC2212637 Role of HIV-1 subtype C envelope V3 to V5 regions in viral entry, coreceptor utilization and replication efficiency in primary T-lymphocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages Vasudha Sundaravaradan, Suman R Das, Rajesh Ramakrishnan, Shobha Sehgal, Sarla Gopalan, Nafees Ahmad, and Shahid Jameel Virol J. 2007; 4: 126. Published online 2007 November 24. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-126.PMCID: PMC2216014 The association of complex liver disorders with HBV genotypes prevalent in Pakistan Saeeda Baig, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, Waqaruddin Ahmed, Huma Qureshi, and Ambreen Arif Virol J. 2007; 4: 128. Published online 2007 November 27. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-128.PMCID: PMC2212638 Interspecies and intraspecies transmission of triple reassortant H3N2 influenza A viruses Hadi M Yassine, Mohammad Q Al-Natour, Chang-Won Lee, and Yehya M Saif Virol J. 2007; 4: 129. Published online 2007 November 28. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-129.PMCID: PMC2228287 Differential inhibition of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) by toll-like receptor ligands mediated by interferon-beta in human foreskin fibroblasts and cervical tissue Sailesh C Harwani, Nell S Lurain, M Reza Zariffard, and Gregory T Spear Virol J. 2007; 4: 133. Published online 2007 December 5. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-133.PMCID: PMC2222636 Higher polymerase activity of a human influenza virus enhances activation of the hemagglutinin-induced Raf/MEK/ERK signal cascade Henju Marjuki, Hui-Ling Yen, John Franks, Robert G Webster, Stephan Pleschka, and Erich Hoffmann Virol J. 2007; 4: 134. Published online 2007 December 5. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-134.PMCID: PMC2222635 Prevalence of transfusion transmitted virus (TTV) genotypes among HCC patients in Qaluobia governorate Mohamed M Hafez, Sabry M Shaarawy, Amr A Hassan, Rabab F Salim, Fatma M Abd El Salam, and Amal E Ali Virol J. 2007; 4: 135. Published online 2007 December 6. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-135.PMCID: PMC2231367 Reviews From actually toxic to highly specific – novel drugs against poxviruses Katja Sliva and Barbara Schnierle Virol J. 2007; 4: 8. Published online 2007 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-8.PMCID: PMC1781423 How do the rotavirus NSP4 and bacterial enterotoxins lead differently to diarrhea? Mathie Lorrot and Monique Vasseur Virol J. 2007; 4: 31. Published online 2007 March 21. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-31.PMCID: PMC1839081 Epidemics to eradication: the modern history of poliomyelitis Nidia H De Jesus Virol J. 2007; 4: 70. Published online 2007 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-70.PMCID: PMC1947962 The state of the art of adeno-associated virus-based vectors in gene therapy Renata dos Santos Coura and Nance Beyer Nardi Virol J. 2007; 4: 99. Published online 2007 October 16. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-99.PMCID: PMC2104528 Cytopathic Mechanisms of HIV-1 Joshua M Costin Virol J. 2007; 4: 100. Published online 2007 October 18. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-100.PMCID: PMC2174939 Evolution of temperate pathogens: the bacteriophage/bacteria paradigm Arthur L Koch Virol J. 2007; 4: 121. Published online 2007 November 9. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-121.PMCID: PMC2169209 Short Reports Silencing of the AV2 gene by antisense RNA protects transgenic plants against a bipartite begomovirus Muhammad Mubin, Shahid Mansoor, Mazhar Hussain, and Yusuf Zafar Virol J. 2007; 4: 10. Published online 2007 January 19. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-10.PMCID: PMC1796863 Demonstration of infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) endocytosis in erythrocytes of Atlantic salmon Samuel T Workenhe, Dorota W Wadowska, Glenda M Wright, Molly JT Kibenge, and Frederick SB Kibenge Virol J. 2007; 4: 13. Published online 2007 January 25. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-13.PMCID: PMC1793955 Propagating the missing bacteriophages: a large bacteriophage in a new class Philip Serwer, Shirley J Hayes, Julie A Thomas, and Stephen C Hardies Virol J. 2007; 4: 21. Published online 2007 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-21.PMCID: PMC1817643 Transcriptional activation of the human papillomavirus type 5 and 16 long control region in cells from cutaneous and mucosal origin Nitesh Mistry, Monika Simonsson, and Magnus Evander Virol J. 2007; 4: 27. Published online 2007 March 12. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-27.PMCID: PMC1828153 Conserved aspartic acid 233 and alanine 231 are not required for poliovirus polymerase function in replicons Marion S Freistadt and Karen E Eberle Virol J. 2007; 4: 28. Published online 2007 March 12. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-28.PMCID: PMC1839082 Efficient replication of pneumonia virus of mice (PVM) in a mouse macrophage cell line Kimberly D Dyer, Ingrid MM Schellens, Cynthia A Bonville, Brittany V Martin, Joseph B Domachowske, and Helene F Rosenberg Virol J. 2007; 4: 48. Published online 2007 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-48.PMCID: PMC1891281 Cyclooxygenase activity is important for efficient replication of mouse hepatitis virus at an early stage of infection Matthijs Raaben, Alexandra WC Einerhand, Lucas JA Taminiau, Michel van Houdt, Janneke Bouma, Rolien H Raatgeep, Hans A Büller, Cornelis AM de Haan, and John WA Rossen Virol J. 2007; 4: 55. Published online 2007 June 7. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-55.PMCID: PMC1892777 Usefulness of Herpes Consensus PCR methodology to routine diagnostic testing for herpesviruses infections in clinical specimens Georgia Vrioni, Christos Kalogeropoulos, Constantina Gartzonika, Efthalia Priavali, and Stamatina Levidiotou Virol J. 2007; 4: 59. Published online 2007 June 12. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-59.PMCID: PMC1920502 Relationship between the loss of neutralizing antibody binding and fusion activity of the F protein of human respiratory syncytial virus Changbao Liu, Nicole D Day, Patrick J Branigan, Lester L Gutshall, Robert T Sarisky, and Alfred M Del Vecchio Virol J. 2007; 4: 71. Published online 2007 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-71.PMCID: PMC1947961 Thottapalayam virus is genetically distant to the rodent-borne hantaviruses, consistent with its isolation from the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) Pragya D Yadav, Martin J Vincent, and Stuart T Nichol Virol J. 2007; 4: 80. Published online 2007 August 21. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-80.PMCID: PMC1997112 Genetic characterization of measles virus strains isolated during an epidemic cluster in Puglia, Italy 2006–2007 Maria Chironna, Rosa Prato, Anna Sallustio, Domenico Martinelli, Cinzia Germinario, Pierluigi Lopalco, and Michele Quarto Virol J. 2007; 4: 90. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-90.PMCID: PMC2039735 In vitro permissivity of bovine cells for wild-type and vaccinal myxoma virus strains Béatrice Pignolet, Jean-Luc Duteyrat, Aude Allemandou, Jacqueline Gelfi, Gilles Foucras, and Stéphane Bertagnoli Virol J. 2007; 4: 94. Published online 2007 September 27. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-94.PMCID: PMC2045666 Functional relevance of nonsynonymous mutations in the HIV-1 tat gene within an epidemiologically-linked transmission cohort Haran Sivakumaran, Bin Wang, M John Gill, Brenda Beckholdt, Nitin K Saksena, and David Harrich Virol J. 2007; 4: 107. Published online 2007 October 25. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-107.PMCID: PMC2174444 Motavizumab, A Neutralizing Anti-Respiratory Syncytial Virus (Rsv) Monoclonal Antibody Significantly Modifies The Local And Systemic Cytokine Responses Induced By Rsv In The Mouse Model Asunción Mejías, Susana Chávez-Bueno, Martin B Raynor, John Connolly, Peter A Kiener, Hasan S Jafri, and Octavio Ramilo Virol J. 2007; 4: 109. Published online 2007 October 25. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-109.PMCID: PMC2222633 Seewis virus, a genetically distinct hantavirus in the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) Jin-Won Song, Se Hun Gu, Shannon N Bennett, Satoru Arai, Maria Puorger, Monika Hilbe, and Richard Yanagihara Virol J. 2007; 4: 114. Published online 2007 October 30. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-114.PMCID: PMC2186316 Cellular apoptosis induced by replication of hepatitis B virus: possible link between viral genotype and clinical outcome Yi Wei Lu, Tuan Lin Tan, Jianhua Zhang, and Wei Ning Chen Virol J. 2007; 4: 117. Published online 2007 October 31. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-117.PMCID: PMC2174443 Differential expression of papillomavirus L1 proteins encoded by authentic and codon modified L1 genes in methylcellulose-treated mouse keratinocytes Xiao Wang, Bo Li, and Kong-Nan Zhao Virol J. 2007; 4: 127. Published online 2007 November 25. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-127.PMCID: PMC2233611 Aggregates of bacteriophage 0305 8-36 seed future growth Philip Serwer, Shirley J Hayes, and Karen Lieman Virol J. 2007; 4: 131. Published online 2007 December 4. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-131.PMCID: PMC2222632 Study Protocol Clearance of low levels of HCV viremia in the absence of a strong adaptive immune response Manuela F Meyer, Marc Lehmann, Markus Cornberg, Johannes Wiegand, Michael P Manns, Christoph Klade, and Heiner Wedemeyer Virol J. 2007; 4: 58. 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