Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection of neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells: Direct demonstration of axonal infection, transport of VZV, and productive neuronal infection

Journal of Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 6220-6233

  Markus, Amos ^a   Grigoryan, Sergei ^a   Sloutskin, Anna ^a   Yee, Michael B ^b   Zhu, Hua ^d   Yang, In Hong ^c   Thakor, Nitish V ^c   Sarid, Ronit ^a   Kinchington, Paul R ^b   Goldstein, Ronald S ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROFLUIDICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS RELEASE;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; MIRIDAE;

AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; CAPSID; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURONS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRION; VIRUS RELEASE;

EID: 80052070653     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02396-10     Document Type: Article

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