| Literature DB >> 14581550 |
Sylvia Dekker1, Wendy Toussaint, George Panayotou, Ton de Wit, Pim Visser, Frank Grosveld, Dubravka Drabek.
Abstract
The presence of porcine endogenous retroviruses presents a potential risk of transmission of infectious diseases (xenozoonosis) if tissues and organs from genetically modified pigs are to be used in xenotransplantation. Here, we report that intracellular expression of a llama single-domain antibody against p15, the matrix domain protein of the porcine endogenous retrovirus Gag polyprotein, blocks retrovirus production, providing the possibility of eliminating the risk of infection in xenotransplantation.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14581550 PMCID: PMC254262 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.22.12132-12139.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103