Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus
Type
Blog Post
Published
March 17, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
...are removed and replaced by a single (non-viral) reporter gene (e.g. firefly luciferase or eGFP) flanked...necessary to direct minigenome replication and reporter gene transcription by the EBOV polymerase (reviewed...the minigenome as a template to transcribe the reporter gene (e.g. firefly luciferase). The polymerase...start signal and initiates transcription of the reporter gene. The polymerase will elongate the mRNA until...