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Site-Specific Fluorescence Labelling of Recombinant Polyomavirus-Like Particles

  • U. Schmidt , J. Kenklies , R. Rudolph and G. Böhm
Published/Copyright: June 1, 2005
Biological Chemistry
From the journal Volume 380 Issue 3

Abstract

For the development of gene therapy protocols based on polyomavirus-like particles, we describe a method for fluorescence labelling of virions in order to study virus-cell interactions preceding gene delivery. Site-specific fluorescence labelling of polyomavirus-like particles is achieved via a single cysteine residue and maleimide conjugates of fluorescence dyes (fluorescein, Texas Red). Polyomavirus-like particles can be assembled in vitro from recombinant capsomers produced in E. coli. Since the assembly process is independent of disulfide bond formation, all cysteine residues of the wild-type protein were replaced by serines, and a new unique cysteine residue was introduced for the attachment of the fluorescence marker.

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Published Online: 2005-06-01
Published in Print: 1999-03-01

Copyright (c) 1999 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG

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