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ArticleVirology2020

Rolling circle amplification: A high fidelity and efficient alternative to plasmid preparation for the rescue of infectious clones.

Jeffrey M Marano, Christina Chuong, James Weger-Lucarelli

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Article in Virology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jeffrey M MaranoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia Tech, VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, USA; Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Christina ChuongDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia Tech, VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
James Weger-LucarelliDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia Tech, VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, USA. Electronic address: weger@vt.edu.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alphaviruses (genus Alphavirus; family Togaviridae) are a medically relevant family of viruses that include chikungunya virus and Mayaro virus. Infectious cDNA clones of these viruses are necessary molecular tools to understand viral biology. Traditionally, rescuing virus from an infectious cDNA clone requires propagating plasmids in bacteria, which can result in mutations in the viral genome due to bacterial toxicity or recombination and requires specialized equipment and knowledge to propagate the bacteria. Here, we present an alternative- rolling circle amplification (RCA), an in vitro technology. We demonstrate that the viral yield of transfected RCA product is comparable to midiprepped plasmid, albeit with a slight delay in kinetics. RCA, however, is cheaper and less time-consuming. Further, sequential RCA did not introduce mutations into the viral genome, subverting the need for glycerol stocks and retransformation. These results indicate that RCA is a viable alternative to traditional plasmid-based approaches to viral rescue.

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AlphavirusAnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsCricetinaeDNA, ComplementaryFibroblastsGenome, ViralHEK293 CellsHumansNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesVero CellsDNA, ComplementaryAlphavirusesBacteria-freeInfectious cloneMolecular virologyRolling circle amplificationViral rescue

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PMID33032077
PMCPMC7521378

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