Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus
Type
Blog Post
Published
March 17, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
... own RNA-dependent RNA polymerase into the infected cells. The EBOV polymerase replicates the viral genome...under control of a T7 RNA polymerase promoter sequence. Thus, T7 RNA polymerase also needs to be present...gene start) and a transcription termination/polyadenylation signal sequence (gene end).
A minigenome is...replication and reporter gene transcription by the EBOV polymerase (reviewed in 2, 5). The minigenome is capable...nucleoprotein, NP. NP associates with the viral polymerase, which is formed by a complex of two proteins...sense, single-stranded RNA minigenome. The viral polymerase complex then recognizes the encapsidated minigenome... order to replicate the minigenome, the viral polymerase initiates RNA synthesis at the 3’ end of the ...