Control of the rescue and replication of Semliki Forest virus recombinants by the insertion of miRNA target sequences.

Due to their broad cell- and tissue-tropism, alphavirus-based replication-competent vectors are of particular interest for anti-cancer therapy. These properties may, however, be potentially hazardous unless the virus infection is controlled. While the RNA genome of alphaviruses precludes the standar...

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Main Authors: Kaspar Ratnik, Liane Viru, Andres Merits
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3786945?pdf=render