Herpes Simplex Virus Protocols (methods In Molecular Medicine)
by S. Moira Brown /
1997 / English / PDF
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Herpes Simplex Virus Protocols comprises a wide range of
experimental protocols that should be especially useful to new
workers in herpes virology. Hopefully, it will also provide
information for those with experience in the field, as well as
those embarking on techniques that are new to them. Obviously the
range of topics covered cannot be comprehensive, but we have tried
to provide protocols dealing with those procedures that are most
widely used; and we have selected expert authors accordingly. We
have also tried to cover the range from the more biological in vivo
maneuvers to purely molecular procedures, taking into account the
topical interest in the potential use of HSV as a therapeutic tool.
In this way there should be sufficient inf- mation for most
procedures the average herpes virologist is likely to require-- at
least at this moment in time! Since the herpesviruses are a large
family, we have largely based the protocols on the virus we know
best--herpes simplex virus. With this as the prototype, it should
be relatively easy to extrapolate and make the necessary
modifications required for application to some of the other
herpesviruses, especially members of the alpha group, such as PRV
and EHV. It would have been an impossible task to include chapters
covering the unique aspects of each known herpesvirus.
Herpes Simplex Virus Protocols comprises a wide range of
experimental protocols that should be especially useful to new
workers in herpes virology. Hopefully, it will also provide
information for those with experience in the field, as well as
those embarking on techniques that are new to them. Obviously the
range of topics covered cannot be comprehensive, but we have tried
to provide protocols dealing with those procedures that are most
widely used; and we have selected expert authors accordingly. We
have also tried to cover the range from the more biological in vivo
maneuvers to purely molecular procedures, taking into account the
topical interest in the potential use of HSV as a therapeutic tool.
In this way there should be sufficient inf- mation for most
procedures the average herpes virologist is likely to require-- at
least at this moment in time! Since the herpesviruses are a large
family, we have largely based the protocols on the virus we know
best--herpes simplex virus. With this as the prototype, it should
be relatively easy to extrapolate and make the necessary
modifications required for application to some of the other
herpesviruses, especially members of the alpha group, such as PRV
and EHV. It would have been an impossible task to include chapters
covering the unique aspects of each known herpesvirus.