Reverse genetic system, genetically stable reporter viruses and packaged subgenomic replicon based on a Brazilian zika virus isolate

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2712-2724

  Mutso, Margit ^a,b   Saul, Sirle ^a   Rausalu, Kai ^a   Susova, Olga ^c   Žusinaite, Eva ^a   Mahalingam, Suresh ^b   Merits, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Flavivirus; Infectious cDNA; Replicon; Reporter protein; Reverse genetics; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC DNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; BRAZILIAN; CELL CULTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC STABILITY; INSECT CELL; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPLICON; REVERSE GENETICS; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; SOUTH AMERICA; VIRUS ISOLATION; ZIKA VIRUS; BRAZIL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; REPORTER GENE; STAINING;

BRAZIL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; REVERSE GENETICS; STAINING AND LABELING; ZIKA VIRUS;

EID: 85033576870     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000938     Document Type: Article

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