Use of the piggyBac transposon to create HIV-1 gag transgenic insect cell lines for continuous VLP production

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lynch, Alisson G ^a   Tanzer, Fiona ^a   Fraser, Malcolm J ^c   Shephard, Enid G ^a   Williamson, Anna Lise ^a,b   Rybicki, Edward P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACULOVIRUS; CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNE; DNA VACCINE; GENETIC ELEMENTS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TYPE-1; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INSECT CELL LINES; INSECT CELLS; NOVEL METHODS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; ROUTINE MAINTENANCE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC CELLS; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOLOGY; VACCINES; VIRUSES;

CELLS;

BACULOVIRUS VECTOR; DNA VACCINE; GAG PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; PIGGYBAC PLASMID VECTOR; PLASMID VECTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS LIKE PARTICLE GAG PROTEIN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; P55 GAG PRECURSOR PROTEIN, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL STRAIN; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INTEGRON; LEPIDOPTERA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; TRANSPOSON; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS PARTICLE; ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; BACULOVIRUS; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOLOGY; PLASMID; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MURINAE; MUS;

AIDS VACCINES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BACULOVIRIDAE; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GAG GENE PRODUCTS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HIV-1; INTEGRONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SPODOPTERA; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGENES; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 77950453753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-10-30     Document Type: Article

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