Abstract
The 2A region of the foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) encodes a short sequence that mediates self-processing by a novel translational effect. Translation elongation arrest leads to release of the nascent polypeptide and re-initiation at the next in-frame codon. In this way discrete translation products are derived from a single open reading frame. Active 2A-like sequences have been found in (many) other viruses and trypanosome non-LTR retrotransposons. Exponential growth of 2A technology within the last decade has lead to many biotechnological/biomedical applications including the generation of transgenic plants/animals and genetic manipulation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews |
Editors | Stephen Harding |
Place of Publication | Loughborough |
Publisher | Nottingham University Press |
Pages | 223-260 |
Number of pages | 38 |
Volume | 26 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2009 |
Keywords
- MOUTH-DISEASE VIRUS
- PICORNA-LIKE-VIRUS
- COMPLETE NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE
- PLURIPOTENT STEM-CELLS
- GROUP-C ROTAVIRUS
- SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE
- ENZYME-REPLACEMENT THERAPY
- GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN
- DEPENDENT RNA-POLYMERASES
- RECEPTOR RETROGENIC MICE