Sistema de minigenoma para estudiar la expresión génica del virus sincitial respiratorio

Michael N Teng1, Kim C Tran2

  • 1Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA. mteng@usf.edu.

Resumen

Los ensayos del minigenoma del virus sincitial respiratorio (VSR) son cruciales para el estudio de la síntesis del ARN viral. Este trabajo detalla tres métodos para medir la actividad de la polimerasa RSV y la transcripción, ayudando a comprender la expresión génica viral.

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