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Attenuation of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus by Molecular Breeding of Virus Envelope Genes from Genetically Divergent Strains
18 Oct 2012
Abstract excerpt
Molecular breeding via DNA shuffling can direct the evolution of viruses with desired traits. By using a positive-strand RNA virus, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), as a model, rapid attenuation of the virus was achieved in this study by DNA shuffling of the viral envelope genes from multiple strains. The GP5 envelope genes of 7 genetically divergent PRRSV strains and the GP5-M genes...
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