A simplified system for generating recombinant adenoviruses

Autor: Tong-Chuan He, Shibin Zhou, Luis T. da Costa, Jian Yu, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Bert Vogelstein
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95:2509-2514
ISSN: 1091-6490
0027-8424
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.5.2509
Popis: Recombinant adenoviruses provide a versatile system for gene expression studies and therapeutic applications. We report herein a strategy that simplifies the generation and production of such viruses. A recombinant adenoviral plasmid is generated with a minimum of enzymatic manipulations, using homologous recombination in bacteria rather than in eukaryotic cells. After transfections of such plasmids into a mammalian packaging cell line, viral production is conveniently followed with the aid of green fluorescent protein, encoded by a gene incorporated into the viral backbone. Homogeneous viruses can be obtained from this procedure without plaque purification. This system should expedite the process of generating and testing recombinant adenoviruses for a variety of purposes.
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