Sect. 1. Expression, purification, and characterization
Purification of viral polymerases: general considerations
Expression, purification, and characterization of the herpes simplex virus type-1 DNA polymerase
Assays for poliovirus polymerase, 3Dpol, and authentic RNA replication in HeLa S10 extracts
RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of hepatitis C virus
Characterization of coronavirus RNA polymerase gene products
Expression, purification, and characterization of orthomyxovirus: influenza transcriptase
Expression, purification, and characterization of rhabdovirus polymerase
Expression and purification of retroviral HIV-1 reverse transcriptase
Expression, purification, and characterization of DNA polymerases involved in papovavirus replication
Heterologous expression, purification, and characterization of adenovirus DNA polymerase and preterminal protein
Expression and characterization of hepadnavirus reverse transcriptases
Expression, purification, and characterization of vaccinia virus-encoded RNA and poly(A)polymerases
Viral polymerase-associated 5'(arrow)3' exonucleases: expression, purification, and uses
Sect. 2. Activity assays: kinetic and screening
Isotopic assays of viral polymerases and related proteins
Nonisotopic assays of viral polymerases and related proteins
Catalytic activities associated with retroviral and viral polymerases
Approaches to high-volume screening assays of viral polymerases and related proteins
In situ DNA polymerase and RNase H activity gel assays as applied to hepadnavirus particles
A system to analyze and identify inhibitors of HIV-1 gene regulation using a defective integrated provirus
Sect. 3. Design and analysis of substrates and inhibitors
Preparation and use of synthetic oligoribonucleotides as tools for study of viral polymerases
Use of bacteriophage RNA polymerase in RNA synthesis
Inhibition of viral polymreases by chain-terminating substrates: a kinetic analysis
Design of nucleoside analog inhibitors of herpes-virus polymerases
Development of nonucleoside HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors
Analysis of inhibition of retroviral reverse transcriptase
Novel methods of generating specific oligonucleotide inhibitors of viral polymerases
Sect. 4. Molecular and structural characterizations
Analyzing the fidelity of reverse transcription and transcription
Site-directed mutagenic analysis of viral polymerases and related proteins
Analysis of resistance mutants of viral polymerases
Author index
Subject index.