Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus
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Blog Post
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March 17, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
... in humans such as measles, mumps, and rabies. Research on Ebola virus has been limited, in part, due ... virus (EBOV) are extremely useful, allowing researchers to study aspects of the EBOV replication cycle...Finally, having four separate plasmids allows researchers to partially control expression levels of each...as the one described here, are extremely useful research tools. In addition to the reduced requirements...biocontainment precautions, these systems allow researchers to investigate viral processes in extreme detail...stranded hemorrhagic fever viruses." Antiviral research 91.2 (2011): 195-208. PubMed PMID: 21699921. PubMed...