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Viral evolution

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Focal expression of adeno-associated viral-mutant tau induces widespread impairment in an APP mouse model

Patrick Aebischer, Bernard Schneider, Jean-Charles Bensadoun

Adeno-associated virus serotype 6 (AAV6) viral vectors encoding mutant and normal tau were used to produce focal tau pathology. Two mutant forms of tau were used; the P301S tau mutation is associated with neurofibrillary tangle formation in humans, and the ...

Elsevier Science Inc2013

Photoinactivation of virus on iron-oxide coated sand: enhancing inactivation in sunlit waters

Tamar Kohn, Brian Pecson, Loïc Decrey

Adsorption onto iron oxides can enhance the removal of waterborne viruses in constructed wetlands and soils. If reversible adsorption is not coupled with inactivation, however, infective viruses may be released when changes in solution conditions cause des ...

Elsevier2012

Mapping of positive selection sites in the HIV-1 genome in the context of RNA and protein structural constraints

Jacques Fellay, Amalio Telenti, Istvan Bartha

Background: The HIV-1 genome is subject to pressures that target the virus resulting in escape and adaptation. On the other hand, there is a requirement for sequence conservation because of functional and structural constraints. Mapping the sites of select ...

2011

Adeno-Associated Virus Activates an Innate Immune Response in Normal Human Cells but Not in Osteosarcoma Cells

Peter Martin Beard

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a small, DNA-containing dependovirus with promising potential as a gene delivery vehicle. Given the variety of applications of AAV-based vectors in the treatment of genetic disorders, numerous studies have focused on the imm ...

2011

Application of broad-spectrum resequencing microarray for genotyping rhabdoviruses

Stewart Cole, Iain Old

The rapid and accurate identification of pathogens is critical in the control of infectious disease. To this end, we analyzed the capacity for viral detection and identification of a newly described high-density resequencing microarray (RMA), termed Pathog ...

2010

An Optofluidic Nanoplasmonic Biosensor for Direct Detection of Live Viruses from Biological Media

Hatice Altug, Min Huang

Fast and sensitive virus detection techniques which can be rapidly deployed at multiple sites are essential to prevent and control future epidemics and bioterrorism threats In this Letter we demonstrate a label free optofluidic nanoplasmonic sensor that ca ...

2010

Genome-wide mRNA expression correlates of viral control in CD4+ T-cells from HIV-1-infected individuals

Jacques Fellay, Patrick Descombes, Amalio Telenti

There is great interindividual variability in HIV-1 viral setpoint after seroconversion, some of which is known to be due to genetic differences among infected individuals. Here, our focus is on determining, genome-wide, the contribution of variable gene e ...

2010

RIG-I-dependent sensing of poly(dA:dT) through the induction of an RNA polymerase III-transcribed RNA intermediate

Andrea Ablasser

RNA is sensed by Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and TLR8 or by the RNA helicases LGP2, Mda5 and RIG-I to trigger antiviral responses. Much less is known about sensors for DNA. Here we identify a novel DNA-sensing pathway involving RNA polymerase III and RIG-I ...

2009

Functional analysis and structural modeling of human APOBEC3G reveal the role of evolutionarily conserved elements in the inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection and Alu transposition

Didier Trono, Priscilla Turelli, Bastien Mangeat, Olivier Michielin

Retroelements are important evolutionary forces but can be deleterious if left uncontrolled. Members of the human APOBEC3 family of cytidine deaminases can inhibit a wide range of endogenous, as well as exogenous, retroelements. These enzymes are structura ...

2009

Buruli ulcer: reductive evolution enhances pathogenicity of Mycobacterium ulcerans

Stewart Cole

Buruli ulcer is an emerging human disease caused by infection with a slow-growing pathogen, Mycobacterium ulcerans, that produces mycolactone, a cytotoxin with immunomodulatory properties. The disease is associated with wetlands in certain tropical countri ...

2008

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