An oligonucleotide carrying signals for translation initiation in plants was engineered upstream to a cDNA clone containing nucleotides 5812-7260 of the potato virus Y (PVY) genome. This fragment cont
The development of an effective vaccine for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) would be a major advance toward controlling the AIDS pandemic. Several disparate strategies for a safe and effec
RT-PCR analysis of viral RNA to verify presence of inserted sequences. A 51 bp segment of the STOML2 gene was inserted in the M segment of A/Puerto Rico/8/1984 (H1N1) ("PR8"). Viral RNA was extracted
We report development of two additional vaccine candidates against types 1 and 3 poliovirus serotypes. The candidates were generated by replacing the capsid coding region of nOPV2 with those from Sabi