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Delivery of artificial chromosomes in vivo via a virus vector system

Reference0014798
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor John Quinn
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution University of Liverpool
DepartmentHuman Anatomy and Cell Biology
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 126,928
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 22/11/2001
End date 22/11/2003
Duration24 months

Abstract

We will explore the viability of a virus vector model to complement or replace transgenic experiments to determine transcriptional regulators of gene expression and gene function in vivo. This is a procedure that would significantly reduce the number of animals used in such research and increase the throughput to look at effect of mutation on function. Further it would be an advance in the generation of vectors for gene therapy, which exhibit appropriate gene expression of the transgene. We propose to use a herpesvirus packaging system to allow chromosomal fragments up to 150Kb plus to be packaged within an HSV-1 virion.

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Committee Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative ROPA 2000 (ROPA2000) [2000]
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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