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A versatile reverse genetics platform for SARS-CoV-2 and other positive-strand RNA viruses.
Nature communications - 8 Jun 2021
Amarilla Alberto A, Sng Julian D J, Parry Rhys, Deerain Joshua M, Potter James R, Setoh Yin Xiang, Rawle Daniel J, Le Thuy T, Modhiran Naphak, Wang Xiaohui, Peng Nias Y G, Torres Francisco J, Pyke Alyssa, Harrison Jessica J, Freney Morgan E, Liang Benjamin, McMillan Christopher L D, Cheung Stacey T M, Guevara Darwin J Da Costa, Hardy Joshua M, Bettington Mark, Muller David A, Coulibaly Fasséli, Moore Frederick, Hall Roy A, Young Paul R, Mackenzie Jason M, Hobson-Peters Jody, Suhrbier Andreas, Watterson Daniel, Khromykh Alexander A
Abstract excerpt
The current COVID-19 pandemic is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We demonstrate that despite the large size of the viral RNA genome (~30 kb), infectious full-length cDNA is readily assembled in vitro by a circular polymerase extension reaction (CPER) methodology without the need for technically demanding intermediate steps. Overlapping cDNA fragments are generated from...
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