Development of a new noncytopathic Semliki Forest virus vector providing high expression levels and stability

Virology

Volumn 376, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 242-251

  Casales, Erkuden ^a   Rodriguez Madoz, Juan R ^a   Ruiz Guillen, Marta ^a   Razquin, Nerea ^a   Cuevas, Yolanda ^a   Prieto, Jesus ^a   Smerdou, Cristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Expression vector; Noncytopathic replication; Replicase mutations; Semliki Forest virus (SFV); Stable cell lines

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2; PUROMYCIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN BHK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPLICON; RNA REPLICATION; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; SERIAL PASSAGE; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAVIRUS; MAMMALIA; RABBIT FIBROMA VIRUS; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 43749111766     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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