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A Restriction Enzyme Based Cloning Method to Assess the In vitro Replication Capacity of HIV-1 Subtype C Gag-MJ4 Chimeric Viruses
Published on: August 31, 2014
Construction and characterization of a full-length, replication-competent and infectious enhanced green fluorescence
Madhu Rai1, Uddhav Timilsina1, Ritu Gaur1
1Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, South Asian University, New Delhi, 110021, India.
Abstract:
HIV-1 subtype C virus accounts for nearly 50% of the total HIV infections globally. Despite this high prevalence, our understanding of subtype C specific infections remains limited due to lack of an in vitro model system. This is the first report of construction and characterization of a full-length and infectious EGFP-tagged HIV-1 subtype C molecular clone. The EGFP gene was inserted in-frame between the Nef and Env sequence in the HIV genome. The recombinant virus displayed expression of viral genes, infectivity and replication kinetics similar to the parental virus. VSV-G pseudotyping of the recombinant virus led to enhancement of HIV infection. The presence of the EGFP gene provides a rapid, easy and quantitative measure of HIV infection by flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy. This clone will serve as an extremely beneficial tool to study HIV-1 subtype C specific infections.
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