Virology Reading and Discussion Schedule

Fall, 1998


Text readings are from The Biology of Viruses by B. Voyles.
Date
Text Readings
Paper for Discussion
8/28 introduction
8/31 1-32: introduction
Crick, F., and J. Watson.  1956.  Structure of Small Viruses.  
Nature  177:473-475.
9/2 33-50: phage attachment and penetration
9/4 50-57: attachment of animal viruses
1)  WuDunn, D. and P.G. Spear.  1989.  Initial Intereaction of 
Herpes Simplex Virus with Cess is Binding to Heparan Sulfate.  
J. Virol.  63:52-58.
2)  Bergelson, J.M., et al.  1992.  Identification of the Integrin 
VLA-2 as a Receptor for Echovirus1.  Science  255:1718-1720.
9/7 57-60: general mechanism of penetration of animal viruses
1)Fan, D.P., and B.M. Sefton.  1978.  The Entry into Host Cells
of Sindbis Virus, Vesicular Stomatitis Virus, and Sendai Virus.
Cell  15:985-982.
2)  Madshus, I.H., S. Olsnes, and K. Sandvig.  1984.  Mechanism 
of Entry into the Cytosol of Poliovirus Type 1: Requirement for 
Low pH.  J. Cell Bio.  98:1194-1200.
9/9 60-67: attachment and penetration by animal viruses: HIV
Maddon, P.J., et al.  1986.  The T4 Gene Encodes the AIDS Virus
Receptor and is Expressed in the Immune System and the Brain.
Cell  47:333-347
9/11 no class meeting: groups meet to prepare papers for presentation
1) Feng, Y., et al.  1996.  HIV-1 Entry Cofactor: Functional
cDNA Cloning of a Seven-Transmembrane G Protein-Coupled
Receptor.  Science  272:872-877.
2) Deng, H., et al.  1996.  Identification of a Major Co-Receptor
for Primary Isolates of HIV-1.  Nature  381:661-666.
3) Dragic, T., et al.  1996.  HIV-1 Entry into CD4+ Cells is 
Mediated by the Chemokine Receptor CC-CKR-5.  Nature
381:667-673.
4) Alkhatib, G., et al.  1996.  CC CKR5: A RAMTES, MIP-1aMIP-1bReceptor as a Fusin Cofactor for Macrophage-Tropic
HIV-1.  Science  272:1955-1958.
5) Lapham, C.K., et al.  1996.  Evidence for Cell-Surface
Association Between Fusin and the CD4-gpl20 Complex in
Human Cell Lines.  Science  274:602-605.
9/14 HIV attachment and penetration, continued
9/16 77-87: replicaton of T-series coliphage; T-odd phi
9/18 87-101: replication of T4, gamma and phiX174
9/21 101-103: replication of RNA phage
1) Suglyama, T., and D. Nakada.  1970.  Translational Control of
Bacteriophage MS2 RNA Cistrons by MS2 Coat Protein: Affinity 
and Specificity of the Interaction of MS2 Coat Protien with the 
MS2 RNA.  J. Mol. Biol.  48:349-355.
2) Kastelein, R.A., et al.  1982.  Lysis Gene Expression of RNA 
phage MS2 Depends on a Frameshift During Translation of the
Overlapping Coat Protein Gene.  Nature  295:25-41.
9/23 116-118: eukaryotic genetics review
9/25 118-125: positive-strand RNA viruses: poliovirus
1) Molin, A., A.V. Paul, and E. Wimmer.  1991.  Cell-Free De
Novo Synthesis of Poliovirus.  Science  254:1647-1651.
2) Lemm, J.A., et al. 1994. Polypeptide Requirements 
for Assembly of Functional Sindbis Virus Replication 
Complexes: a Model for the Temporal Regulation of
 Minus- and Plus-strand RNA Synthesis. EMBO J.. 
13:2925-2924.
9/28 125-133: positive-strand RNA viruses: togaviruses and coronaviruses
Jacobs, L., et al.  1981.  Synthesis of Subgenomic mRNA's of
Mouse Hepatitis Virus is Initiated Independently: Evidence from
UV Transcription Mapping.  J. Virol.>  39:401-406.
9/30 133-135: positive-strand RNA viruses: plant viruses
Presentations: leader primed vs. discontinuous transcription 
models of coronavirus replication
10/2 135-140: negative strand RNA viruses: rhabdovirus
Presentations: cleavage vs. re-initiation transcription 
models of rhabdovirus mRNA synthesis
10/5 140-143: negative strand RNA viruses: paramyxoviruses and orthomyxoviruses
Galarza, J.M., et al.  1996.  Influenza A Virus RNA-Dependent
RNA Polymerase: Analysis of RNA Synthesis in Vitro.  J. Virol.
70:2360-2368.
10/7 143-155: orthomyxoviruses
10/9 ambi-sense and double-stranded RNA viruses
10/12 155-158: retroviruses: reverse transcription
10/14 155-163: retroviruses: integration and gene expression due: review of paper on RNA virus replication
10/16 EXAM

Oct. 17-25: FALL BREAK

10/26 exam discussion 165-176: papoviruses
10/28 176-181: adenoviruses and herpesviruses
10/30 181-88: poxviruses, parvoviruses and geminiviruses
11/2 188-196: hepadna- and caulimoviruses
11/4 197-206: assembly of helical capsids
11/6 206-219: assembly of spherical capsids due: review of paper on DNA virus replication
11/9 219-226: release mechanisms; targeting of envelope proteins 1) Roth, M.G., et al. 1987. The large external domain is sufficient for the correct sorting of secreted or chimeric influenza virus hemagglutinins in polarized monkey kidney cells. J. Cell Biol. 104: 769-782.
2) Compton, T., et al. 1989. A sorting signal for the basolateral delivery of the vescicular stomatitis virus (VSV) G protein lies in its luminal domain: analysis of the targeting of VSV G-influenza hemaaglutinin chimeras. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 86:4112-4116.
11/11 227-240: cytopathic effects - inhibition of translation
11/13 240-260: cytopathic effects - inhibition of replication and transcription; interferon
11/16 262-274: lysogeny due: review of paper on cytopathic effect or interferon
11/18 274-286: transformation by RNA viruses
11/20 286-294: transformation by DNA viruses
11/23 294-300: persistent infection and latency
11/25 301-312: subviral entities due: review of paper on transformation or latency

Nov. 26-29: THANKSGIVING

11/30 312-321: viral evolution
12/2 **grant proposal presentations
12/4 **grant proposal presentations
12/7 **grant proposal presentations
12/9 **grant proposal presentations
12/11 **grant proposal presentations

Monday, December 14th at 9am: FINAL EXAM


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