"Biotechniques Books publication.".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I DNA virus vectors: Introduction to part I -- Family: Parvoviridae. Genus: Dependovirus (adeno-associated viruses [AAV]): Gene transfer with adeno-associated virus vectors / A. Srivastava -- Strategies for production of adeno-associated virus vectors / D. Grimm and J. A. Kleinschmidt -- Production and purification systems for recombinant adeno-associated virus type-2 vectors / J. E. Conway, K. Chestnut, I. Zolotukhin, C. apRhys, N. Muzyczka, S. Zolotukhin and B. J. Byrne -- Utility of rAAV for gene transfer into neurons and other highly differentiated cells / E. F. Terwilliger -- Adeno-associated virus vectors for genetic immunization / W. C. Manning and X. Paliard -- Family: Parvoviridae. Genus: Autonomous parvoviruses: Autonomous parvovirus vectors / J. J. Cornelis, A. Haag, C. Kornfeld, G. Balboni, A. Y. Dege, B. Neeb, C. Dinsart and J. Rommelaere -- Family: Adenoviridae. Genus: Mastadenovirus (mammalian adenoviruses): Molecular biology of adenovirus gene therapy vectors / M. J. Imperiale -- Helper-dependent adenoviral vectors: a new generation of gene delivery vehicles / M. A. Morsy and L. Chen -- Generation of multiply deleted adenovirus vectors that are helper virus independent / A. Amalfitano -- Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer: in vivo persistence of transduced cells and control of transgene expression / R. Rooke, L. Gravem M. Christ, M. Lusky, A.-I. Michou and M. Mehtali -- Molecular conjugate vectors / P. Schwarzenberger and J. K. Kolls -- Family: Herpesviridae. Genus: Alphasimplexvirus (herpes simplex virus): Construction of defective herpes simplex recombinant vectors and helper-dependent amplicons / A. Cid-Arregui and F. Lim -- Gene transfer using helper virus-free herpes simplex virus type 1 amplicon and hybrid amplicon vectors / Y. Saeki and C. Fraefel -- Stable gene transfer using hybrid herpes simplex-epstein-barr virus amplicon vectors / T. A. Stavropoulos and C. A. Strathdee -- Herpesvirus/retrovirus chimeras for gene delivery / C. Zaupa and A. L. Epstein -- Gene transfer into brain slices from mouse embryos using herpes simplex amplicons / A. Cid-Arregui and W. Haubensak -- Gene transfer into cultured postimplantation mouse embryos using herpes simplex amplicons / B. Oback, A. Cid-Arregui and W. B. Huttner -- The use of herpes simplex vectors to study Alzheimer's disease neurodegeneration / R. L. Neve, D. L. McPhie and S. Bursztajn -- Family: Herpesviridae. Subfamily: Gammaherpesvirinae. Genus: Rhadinovirus: Gamma-2-herpesvirus vectors for investigation of viral pathogenesis and experimental gene transfer / S. M. Duboise and J. U. Jung -- Family: Herpesviridae. Subfamily: Gammaherpesvirinae. Genus: Epstein-barr virus: Application of epstein-barr virus and its genetic elements to gene therapy / O. Mazda -- Family: Poxviridae. Subfamily: Entomopoxvirinae. Genus: Entomopoxvirus B: Entomopoxvirus vectors / A. L. Bawden, Y. Li, K. J. Glassberg and R. W. Moyer -- Family: Baculoviridae. Genus: Nucleopolyhedrovirus (baculovirus): High-efficiency transduction of mammalian cells using baculovirus: practical aspects / F. M. Boyce and E. A. Franco --

Part II RNA virus vectors: Introduction to Part II -- Family: Retroviridae. Genus: Oncovirinae (MLV): Strategies and mechanisms for retrovirus retargeting / K. Bupp and M. Roth -- Efficient production of VSV-G-pseudotyped retrovirus vectors using stable packaging cell lines / H. Iba, T. Arai and M. Ui -- Utiliity of scaffold attachment regions for enhanced retroviral vector expression in human hematopoietic cells / I. Plavec and M. Agarwal -- Kinetics of transduction using retroviral vectors: enhancement by complex formation with cationic liposomes / C. Porter -- Retrovirally mediated genetic marking of murine and human hematopoietic repopulating cells / A. Bernad, F. Varas, M. Ramirez, J. C. Segovia, G. Guenechea, J. Barquinero and J. A. Bueren -- Towards the genetic manipulation of the hematopoietic system: tumor-specific gene therapy strategies / C. Cobaleda and I. Sanchez-Garcia -- Family: Retroviridae. Genus: Lentivirinae (HIV): Cellular transduction by lentiviral vectors / R. E. Sutton -- Family: Retroviriae. Genus: Spumavirinae (Foamy viruses): Foamy viruses: molecular features and therapeutic potential / C. L. Hill and M. O. McClure -- Aspects of foamy virus vectors: host range and replication-competent vectors / D. Lindemann, M. Heinkelein and A. Rethwilm -- Family: Orthomyxoviridae. Genus: Influenza virus: Transfectant influenza viruses as vaccine vectors / A. Garcia-Sastre -- Family: Picornaviridae. Genus: Enterovirus (poliovirus): Picornaviruses as tools for antigen delivery / S. Mueller and E. Wimmer -- Family: Togaviridae. Genus: Alphavirus (semliki forest virus sindbis virus): Strategies and applications of alphavirus vectors in gene therapy / S. M. Smith and K. -T. Jeang -- Efficient expression of proteins with recombinant alphaviruses / A. Cid-Arregui, N. Morales-Peza, V. Juarez, M. J. Garcia-Iglesias and A. Garcia-Carranca -- Part III General Issues: Gene therapy using viral vectors: strategy and design issues / P. A. Lazo and M. Yunta -- Biosafety recommendation for working with viral vectors / A. Cid-Arregui and V. Juarez.