Genetically modified VSVNJ vector is capable of accommodating a large foreign gene insert and allows high level gene expression

Virus Research

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 168-177

  An, Hwa Yong ^a   Kim, Gyoung Nyoun ^a   Wu, Kunyu ^a   Kang, C Yong ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Expression vector; Hepatitis C virus; IFN; New Jersey serotype; Non structural protein; NS3 protease; Vesicular stomatitis virus

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; INTERFERON; METHIONINE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE GENETICS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC VECTORS; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; MICE; MUTATION; PROTEOLYSIS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS NEW JERSEY VIRUS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84872806587     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: 18727492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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