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ArticleNature protocols2013

Design and generation of recombinant rabies virus vectors.

Fumitaka Osakada, Edward M Callaway

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Article in Nature protocols, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 172 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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172citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

172 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 305 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fumitaka OsakadaSystems Neurobiology Laboratories, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA.
Edward M Callaway
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · US

Funding

Local Connections of Inhibitory Cortical NeuronsR01MH063912 · NIMH · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI CALLAWAY, EDWARD M · 2001 to 2020
$8.4M
Organization and Function of Visual Cortical Feedback SystemsR01EY022577 · NEI · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI EDWARD M CALLAWAY · 2012 to 2026
$8.0M
Tools for Mapping Mammalian Nervous System Connections with Modified Rabies VirusRC2NS069464 · NINDS · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI CALLAWAY, EDWARD M, GOULDING, MARTYN D · 2009 to 2010
$2.8M
NEI NIH HHS EY022577NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022577NIMH NIH HHS MH063912NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH063912NINDS NIH HHS NS069464NINDS NIH HHS RC2 NS069464
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rabies viruses, negative-strand RNA viruses, infect neurons through axon terminals and spread trans-synaptically in a retrograde direction between neurons. Rabies viruses whose glycoprotein (G) gene is deleted from the genome cannot spread across synapses. Complementation of G in trans, however, enables trans-synaptic spreading of G-deleted rabies viruses to directly connected, presynaptic neurons. Recombinant rabies viruses can encode genes of interest for labeling cells, controlling gene expression and monitoring or manipulating neural activity. Cre-dependent or bridge protein-mediated transduction and single-cell electroporation via the EnvA-TVA or EnvB-TVB (envelope glycoprotein and its specific receptor for avian sarcoma leukosis virus subgroup A or B) system allow cell type-specific or single cell-specific targeting. These rabies virus-based approaches permit the linking of connectivity to cell morphology and circuit function for particular cell types or single cells. Here we describe methods for construction of rabies viral vectors, recovery of G-deleted rabies viruses from cDNA, amplification of the viruses, pseudotyping them with EnvA or EnvB and concentration and titration of the viruses. The entire protocol takes 6-8 weeks.

Indexed as

Genetic VectorsAnimalsCell LineCricetinaeGene DeletionGenetic EngineeringGenome, ViralGlycoproteinsHEK293 CellsHumansNerve NetRabies virusUltracentrifugationViral ProteinsVirus CultivationGlycoproteinsViral Proteins

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PMID23887178
PMCPMC4028848
OpenAlexW2089698459

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