Defective virus

... Maria – Helena Ružić, Ana Kovačević Aspects of recombination in RNA viruses Introduction RNA viruses deserve their reputation as Nature's swiftest ... 1992). Despite producing distinct kinds of hybrid RNAs, as well as defective interfering (DI) RNAs (Lazzarini et al., 1981), the different types ...

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The concept of using a virus like you propose works in princible, but is much more complicated in practice. ... answer your question. Now, to actually help answer the question; the location of a defective gene in a genome can be completely useless information, or it can be of utmost ...

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The concept of using a virus like you propose works in princible, but is much more complicated in practice. ... answer your question. Now, to actually help answer the question; the location of a defective gene in a genome can be completely useless information, or it can be of utmost ...

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So the exact question is "How can knowing the location of a defective gene assist in developing future products or treatments for that ... on gene therapy and I'm thinking I should base my answer around using viruses to insert genes into cells that are needed. I understand that this ...

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... an example - note last sentence of abstract Zidovudine (AZT) reduces virus titer, retards immune dysfunction, and prolongs survival in the LP-BM5 ... virus which causes focus formation in cultured mink cells, and a defective virus, which is actually responsible for the immune suppression. ...

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