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ArticleJournal of virology1995

E- vectors: development of novel self-inactivating and self-activating retroviral vectors for safer gene therapy.

J G Julias, D Hash, V K Pathak

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Article in Journal of virology, 1995. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J G JuliasDepartment of Biochemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506, USA.
D Hash
V K Pathak
West Virginia University · US

Funding

REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE TEMPLATE SWITCHING AND FIDELITYR01CA058875 · NCI · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI PATHAK, VINAY K. · 1998 to 1999
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MECHANISMS OF MUTATIONS &HYPERMUTATIONS IN RETROVIRUSESR29CA058875 · NCI · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI PATHAK, VINAY K. · 1993 to 1997
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NCI NIH HHS CA58875
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have developed novel self-inactivating and self-activating retroviral vectors based on the previously observed high-frequency deletion of direct repeats. We constructed spleen necrosis virus (SNV)-based viral vectors that contained large direct repeats flanking the viral encapsidation sequence (E). A large proportion of the proviruses in the target cells had E and one copy of the direct repeat deleted. Direct repeats of 1,333 and 788 bp were deleted at frequencies of 93 and 85%, respectively. To achieve a 100% deletion efficiency in target cells after ex vivo infection and drug selection, we constructed a self-activating vector that simultaneously deleted E and reconstituted the neomycin phosphotransferase gene. Selection of the target cells for resistance to G418 (a neomycin analog) ensured that all integrated proviruses had E deleted. The proviruses with E deleted were mobilized by a replication-competent virus 267,000-fold less efficiently than proviruses with E. We named these self-inactivating vectors E- (E-minus) vectors. These vectors should increase the safety of retroviral vector-mediated gene therapy by preventing the spread of vector sequences to nontarget cells in the event of coinfection with helper virus. We propose that direct-repeat deletions occur during RNA-dependent DNA synthesis and suggest that template switches occur without a requirement for RNA breaks. The minimum template dissociation frequency was estimated as 8%/100 bp per replication cycle. These vectors demonstrate that large direct repeats and template-switching properties of reverse transcriptase can be utilized to delete any sequence or reconstitute genes during retroviral replication.

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Genetic VectorsRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidRetroviridaeSequence DeletionAnimalsCell LineCloning, MolecularGenetic TherapyHumansKanamycin KinasePhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)ProvirusesRecombinant ProteinsRestriction MappingRNA, ViralSafetyKanamycin KinasePhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)Recombinant ProteinsRNA, Viral

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PMID7474097
PMCPMC189597
OpenAlexW1511898631

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