Epigenetic and Transcriptional Regulation of DNA Virus Infections
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 150
Special Issue Editor
Interests: epigenetic regulation of the KSHV life cycle; de novo viral infection; the establishment and maintenance of KSHV latency; lytic reactivation from latency
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The goal of this Special Issue is to highlight the gene-controlling mechanisms of the viral and host factors involved in the regulation of DNA virus infections. DNA viruses replicating in the nuclei of infected cells have evolved in such a way that they are able to utilize the transcriptional and epigenetic machineries of the host cells to facilitate the viral infection. Both original research and review articles on any DNA viruses that infect humans or the animal kingdom are welcome. We invite primary studies and reviews that deal with any steps of gene expression regulation, including transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and epigenetic mechanisms during primary viral infection, viral latency, or lytic viral reactivation.
Dr. Zsolt Toth
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- viral gene regulation
- DNA virus
- primary infection
- latency
- viral reactivation
- chromatin regulatory factors
- epigenetic factors
- transcriptional gene regulation
- post-transcriptional gene regulation
