Article
Mutations which enhance the replication of dengue virus type 4 and an antigenic chimeric dengue virus type 2/4 vaccine candidate in Vero cells.
Vaccine - 1 Oct 2003
Blaney Joseph E, Manipon Gracielle G, Firestone Cai Yen, Johnson Daniel H, Hanson Christopher T, Murphy Brian R, Whitehead Stephen S
Abstract excerpt
Mutations which increase the replication of dengue viruses in cell culture would greatly facilitate the manufacture of both a live attenuated or inactivated dengue virus vaccine. We have identified eight missense mutations in dengue virus type 4 (DEN4) that increase the plaque size and kinetics of replication of recombinant DEN4 virus in Vero cells. DEN4 viruses bearing these Vero cell adaptation mutations were...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Suckling
- Antigens, Viral
- Brain
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Dengue Virus
- Kinetics
- Mice
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins
