Abstract
Modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) is a valuable tool for the expression of recombinant genes used for such purposes as the study of protein functions or characterization of cellular and humoral immune responses. A major advantage of MVA is its clear safety record, and it can be handled under biosafety level 1 conditions. Despite its replication deficiency in human and most mammalian cells, MVA provides high-level gene expression and has proven to be immunogenic when delivering heterologous antigens in animals and humans. This chapter provides state-of-the-art protocols for generation, plaque isolation, molecular characterization, as well as amplification and purification of MVA vector viruses to obtain recombinant viruses for further evaluation.
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Staib, C., Drexler, I., Sutter, G. (2004). Construction and Isolation of Recombinant MVA. In: Isaacs, S.N. (eds) Vaccinia Virus and Poxvirology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 269. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-789-0:077
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