Generation of a Reporter Cell Line for Detection of Infectious Varicella-Zoster Virus and Its Application to Antiviral Studies

Autor: Yumiko Yamamoto, Ichiro Kurane, Tatsuo Suzutani, Naoki Nozawa, D. Scott Schmid, Naoki Inoue, Yoshiko Fukui, Guan-Qing Wang
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 50:3142-3145
ISSN: 1098-6596
0066-4804
DOI: 10.1128/aac.00342-06
Popis: To simplify the titration of infectious varicella-zoster virus (VZV), we generated a reporter cell line that produced luciferase in a dose-dependent manner upon infection with cell-free VZV. A few VZV-infected cells were detectable by coculturing with the cell line. We demonstrated the usefulness of the cell line for antiviral studies.
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