A replication-competent retrovirus arising from a split-function packaging cell line was generated by recombination events between the vector, one of the packaging constructs, and endogenous retroviral sequences

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2663-2670

  Chong, Heung ^a   Starkey, William ^a   Vile, Richard G ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PACKAGING; HELPER VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUPERNATANT; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031897966     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.4.2663-2670.1998     Document Type: Article

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