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An In Vitro Selected Sequence Capable of Ultrahigh Transgene Expression in Vaccinia Virus Infected Cells

abstract: Recombinant protein expression is essential to biotechnology and molecular medicine, but facile methods for obtaining significant quantities of folded and functional protein in mammalian cell culture have been lacking. Here I describe a novel 37-nucleotide in vitro selected sequence that promotes unusually high transgene expression in a vaccinia driven cytoplasmic expression system. Vectors carrying this sequence in a monocistronic reporter plasmid produce >1,000-fold more protein than equivalent vectors with conventional vaccinia promoters. Initial mechanistic studies indicate that high protein expression results from dual activity that impacts both transcription and translation. I suggest that this motif represents a powerful new tool in vaccinia-based protein expression and vaccine development technology. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Biochemistry 2012

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:14728
Date January 2012
ContributorsFlores, Julia Anne (Author), Chaput, John C (Advisor), Jacobs, Bertram (Committee member), Labaer, Joshua (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMasters Thesis
Format63 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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