title: An in vitro DNA virus for in vitro protein evolution.
abstract: In vitro virus is a molecular construct for in vitro protein evolution, which requires some mechanism to link phenotype to genotype. The first in vitro virus was realized by bonding a nascent protein with its coding mRNA via puromycin in in vitro translation. We report a new construct of in vitro DNA virus. The virion was a covalent cDNA-protein fusion, and virion formation did not require any modification of mRNA. Due to intactness of mRNA, this type of in vitro DNA virus will take the next step toward in vitro autonomous evolution, just like in vivo viral evolution in a cellstat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Functional Materials Science, Saitama University, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tabuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soramoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nemoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Husimi
mesh_terms: D017931:DNA Primers / Q000378:metabolism; D004267:DNA Viruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D019020:Directed Molecular Evolution; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D011691:Puromycin / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D014771:Virion
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D011691:Puromycin