Expression of an Efficient Selection Marker Out of a Duplicated Site in the ITRs of a Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara (MVA).

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Poxviruses are large DNA viruses that replicate in the host cytoplasm without a nuclear phase. As vaccine vectors, they can package and express large recombinant cassettes from different positions of their genomic core region. We present a comparison between wildtype modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) and isolate CR19, which has significantly expanded inverted terminal repeats (ITRs). With this expansion, a site in wildtype MVA, called deletion site (DS) IV, has been duplicated at both ends of the genome and now occupies an almost central position in the newly formed ITRs. Methods: We inserted various reporter genes into this site and found that the ITRs can be used for transgene expression. However, ITRs are genomic structures that can rapidly adapt to sel

SUBMITTER: Abidi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11680203 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature