Publication Date:
2002-07-13
Description:
Full-length poliovirus complementary DNA (cDNA) was synthesized by assembling oligonucleotides of plus and minus strand polarity. The synthetic poliovirus cDNA was transcribed by RNA polymerase into viral RNA, which translated and replicated in a cell-free extract, resulting in the de novo synthesis of infectious poliovirus. Experiments in tissue culture using neutralizing antibodies and CD155 receptor-specific antibodies and neurovirulence tests in CD155 transgenic mice confirmed that the synthetic virus had biochemical and pathogenic characteristics of poliovirus. Our results show that it is possible to synthesize an infectious agent by in vitro chemical-biochemical means solely by following instructions from a written sequence.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Cello, Jeronimo -- Paul, Aniko V -- Wimmer, Eckard -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2002 Aug 9;297(5583):1016-8. Epub 2002 Jul 11.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5222, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12114528" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
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Capsid/metabolism
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Cell-Free System
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DNA, Complementary/*chemical synthesis/genetics
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DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/genetics
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Female
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*Genome, Viral
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HeLa Cells
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Humans
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Male
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*Membrane Proteins
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Mice
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Mice, Transgenic
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Neutralization Tests
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Poliomyelitis/virology
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*Poliovirus/genetics/immunology/pathogenicity/physiology
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Promoter Regions, Genetic
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Protein Biosynthesis
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RNA, Viral/*chemical synthesis/genetics/physiology
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Receptors, Virus/genetics/immunology/metabolism
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Transcription, Genetic
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Viral Plaque Assay
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Viral Proteins
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Virulence
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Virus Replication
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
