Reprint of: Coronavirus reverse genetic systems: Infectious clones and replicons

Coronaviruses (CoVs) infect humans and many animal species, and are associated with respiratory, enteric, hepatic, and central nervous system diseases. The large size of the CoV genome and the instability of some CoV replicase gene sequences during its propagation in bacteria, represent serious obst...

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Autores: Almazán, Fernando, Solá Gurpegui, Isabel, Zúñiga Lucas, Sonia, Márquez-Jurado, Silvia, Morales, Lucía, Becares, Martina, Enjuanes Sánchez, Luis
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2014
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositório:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/204773
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/204773
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Coronavirus
Reverse genetics
Infectious clones
Replicons
Descrição
Resumo:Coronaviruses (CoVs) infect humans and many animal species, and are associated with respiratory, enteric, hepatic, and central nervous system diseases. The large size of the CoV genome and the instability of some CoV replicase gene sequences during its propagation in bacteria, represent serious obstacles for the development of reverse genetic systems similar to those used for smaller positive sense RNA viruses. To overcome these limitations, several alternatives to more conventional plasmid-based approaches have been established in the last 13 years. In this report, we briefly review and discuss the different reverse genetic systems developed for CoVs, paying special attention to the severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV (SARS-CoV).