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. 1997 Sep;71(9):7061–7067. doi: 10.1128/jvi.71.9.7061-7067.1997

Infectious particles derived from Semliki Forest virus vectors encoding murine leukemia virus envelopes.

I Lebedeva 1, K Fujita 1, A Nihrane 1, J Silver 1
PMCID: PMC191994  PMID: 9261436

Abstract

Semliki Forest virus vectors encoding murine leukemia virus (MLV) envelope protein with a truncated cytoplasmic tail generate submicrometer, cell-associated, membranous particles that transmit replication-competent vector RNA specifically to cells bearing the MLV receptor. Such "minimal" viruses could have applications as retroviral vaccines or in the study of virus evolution.

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