Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus
Type
Blog Post
...study aspects of the EBOV replication cycle under BSL-2 conditions (4).
What is a minigenome?
The EBOV ...transcription by the EBOV polymerase (reviewed in 2, 5). The minigenome is capable of being replicated...nonsegmented negative sense RNA viruses (reviewed in 2, 3).
Other important components of the Zaire ebola...as it would for a full-length viral genome (Figure 2).
While it is technically possible to encode all four...500 ng NP, 500 ng VP35, 100 ng VP30, 100 ng L, and 2 μg minigenome plasmid per well (in a 6 well plate ...PubMed PMID: 9847328. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC103829.
2. Conzelmann, K. K. "Reverse genetics of mononegavirales...minigenome system
Minigenome systems, such as the one described here, are extremely useful research tools. In ...