title: Cloning of full length genome of varicella-zoster virus vaccine strain into a bacterial artificial chromosome and reconstitution of infectious virus.
abstract: The complete genome of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) Oka vaccine strain (vOka) has been cloned into a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC), and several BAC clones with the vOka genome have been obtained. Infectious viruses were reconstituted in MRC-5 cells transfected with the vOka-BAC DNA clones. The clones were distributed into two groups based on differences in amino acids found in ORF 62/71 region among the vOka-BAC clones. The recombinant vOka (rvOka) grew slower than recombinant Oka parental virus (rpOka), pOka and vOka. This is the first report that the vOka genome was cloned into BAC vector. The rvOka-BAC system would be useful as a vector for construction of recombinant live vaccines.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Virology and Vaccinology, Division of Biomedical Research, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, 7-6-8, Saito-Asagi, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan.
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshii
authors.forename: Pranee
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Somboonthum
authors.forename: Michiaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamanishi
authors.forename: Yasuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D019943:Amino Acid Substitution / Q000235:genetics; D002460:Cell Line; D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016679:Genome, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D019444:Vaccines, DNA