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In Vitro Construction of Pseudovirions of Human Papillomavirus Type 16: Incorporation of Plasmid DNA into Reassembled L1/L2 Capsids
1 Dec 1998
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Lack of permissive and productive cell cultures for the human papillomaviruses (HPVs) has hindered the study of virus-neutralizing antibodies and infection. We developed a cell-free system generating infectious HPV16 pseudovirions. HPV16 L1/L2 capsids, which had been self-assembled in insect cells (Sf9) expressing virion proteins L1 and L2, were disassembled with 2-mercaptoethanol (2-ME), a reducing agent, and...
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