Infectious particles derived from Semliki Forest virus vectors encoding murine leukemia virus envelopes

Irina V. Lebedeva, Kazunobu Fujita, Abdallah Nihrane, Jonathan Silver

Journal of Virology · 1997 · 21 citations · 26 references

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Semliki Forest virus vectors encoding murine leukemia virus (MLV) envelope protein with a truncated cytoplasmic tail generate submicrometer, cell-associated, membranous particles that transmit replication-competent vector RNA specifically to cells bearing the MLV receptor. Such "minimal" viruses could have applications as retroviral vaccines or in the study of virus evolution.

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