Coronaviruses : methods and protocols

Contains the following chapters: Coronaviruses: an overview of their replication and pathogenesis; Identification of a novel coronavirus from guinea fowl using metagenomics; Serological diagnosis of feline coronavirus infection by immunochromatographic test; Estimation of evolutionary dynamics and selection pressure in coronaviruses; The preparation of chicken tracheal organ cultures for virus isolation, propagation, and titration ; The preparation of chicken kidney cell cultures for virus propagation; Isolation and propagation of coronaviruses in embryonated eggs; Characterization of human coronaviruses on well-differentiated human airway epithelial cell cultures; Quantification of infectious bronchitis coronavirus by titration In vitro and in Ovo; Purification of coronavirus virions for Cryo-EM and proteomic analysis; Partial purification of IBV and subsequent isolation of viral RNA for next-generation sequencing; Transient dominant selection for the modification and generation of recombinant infectious bronchitis coronaviruses; Engineering infectious cDNAs of coronavirus as bacterial artificial chromosomes; Protein histochemistry using coronaviral spike proteins: studying binding profiles and Sialic Acid requirements for attachment to tissues; Identification of protein receptors for coronaviruses by mass spectrometry; Single particle tracking assay to study coronavirus membrane fusion; Studying Coronavirus–host protein interactions; A field-proven yeast two-hybrid protocol used to identify Coronavirus–host protein–protein interactions; Investigation of the functional roles of host cell proteins involved in coronavirus infection using highly specific and scalable RNA interference (RNAi) approach; Transcriptome analysis of feline infectious peritonitis virus infection; Quantification of interferon signaling in avian cells; Studying the dynamics of coronavirus replicative structures; Preparation of cultured cells using high-pressure freezing and freeze substitution for subsequent 2D or 3D visualization in the transmission electron microscope

This volume aims to describe a variety of techniques that reflects the wide range of research currently performed in the field of coronavirology, and begins with an overview of current understandings of coronavirus replication and pathogenesis to introduce specialists and non-specialists to the field. The rest of the book is divided into several sections of chapters beginning with those that describe identification, diagnosis, and study of the evolution of coronaviruses. Authoritative and practical, Coronaviruses: Methods and Protocols appeals to a wide variety of scientists because it highlights techniques that are currently used in the coronovirology field, while also discussing practices applicable to other virology fields.