Table of Contents

Human Cytomegalovirus Genome.- Human Cytomegalovirus microRNAs.- Mutagenesis of the Cytomegalovirus Genome.- Cytomegalovirus Cell Tropism.- Virus Entry and Innate Immune Activation.- Functions of Human Cytomegalovirus Tegument Proteins Prior to Immediate Early Gene Expression.- Initiation of Cytomegalovirus Infection at ND10.- Functional Roles of the Human Cytomegalovirus Essential IE86 Protein.- Nuts and Bolts of Human Cytomegalovirus Lytic DNA Replication.- Interactions of Human Cytomegalovirus Proteins with the Nuclear Transport Machinery.- Structure and Formation of the Cytomegalovirus Virion.- Human Cytomegalovirus Modulation of Signal Transduction.- Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors Encoded by Cytomegaloviruses.- Subversion of Cell Cycle Regulatory Pathways.- Modulation of Host Cell Stress Responses by Human Cytomegalovirus.- Control of Apoptosis by Human Cytomegalovirus.- Aspects of Human Cytomegalovirus Latency and Reactivation.- Murine Model of Cytomegalovirus Latency and Reactivation.- Cytomegalovirus Immune Evasion.- Cytomegalovirus Vaccine Development.- Cytomegalovirus Infection in the Human Placenta: Maternal Immunity and Developmentally Regulated Receptors on Trophoblasts Converge.- Mechanisms of Cytomegalovirus-Accelerated Vascular Disease: Induction of Paracrine Factors That Promote Angiogenesis and Wound Healing.- Manifestations of Human Cytomegalovirus Infection: Proposed Mechanisms of Acute and Chronic Disease.