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Construction and characterization of chimaeric human immunodefiency virus type 1 subtype C Gag virus-like particles

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-128).

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Main Author: Halsey, Richard James
Other Authors: Tanzer, Fiona
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology 2014
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4269 Construction and characterization of chimaeric human immunodefiency virus type 1 subtype C Gag virus-like particles Halsey, Richard James Tanzer, Fiona Jaffray, Ann Rybicki, Ed Cell Biology Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-128). In this study I explored the possibility of making HIV-1 subtype C Pr55gag-based chimaeric virus-like particles (VLPs) as a boost to the HIV-IC multigene DNA vaccine pTHr.grttnC, which encodes a modified Gag-RT-Tat-Nef fusion protein (GRTTN). Furthermore, an attempt was made to produce VLP analogues to the HIV-IA polyepitope DNA vaccine pTHr.HIVA. A range of in-frame fusions with the C-termini of myristylation-competent p6-truncated Gag and native Pr55gag were made to test how the length of polypeptide and its sequence might affect VLP formation and structure. 2014-07-30T17:38:22Z 2014-07-30T17:38:22Z 2006 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4269 eng application/pdf Department of Molecular and Cell Biology Faculty of Science University of Cape Town
spellingShingle Cell Biology
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Construction and characterization of chimaeric human immunodefiency virus type 1 subtype C Gag virus-like particles
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title Construction and characterization of chimaeric human immunodefiency virus type 1 subtype C Gag virus-like particles
title_full Construction and characterization of chimaeric human immunodefiency virus type 1 subtype C Gag virus-like particles
title_fullStr Construction and characterization of chimaeric human immunodefiency virus type 1 subtype C Gag virus-like particles
title_full_unstemmed Construction and characterization of chimaeric human immunodefiency virus type 1 subtype C Gag virus-like particles
title_short Construction and characterization of chimaeric human immunodefiency virus type 1 subtype C Gag virus-like particles
title_sort construction and characterization of chimaeric human immunodefiency virus type 1 subtype c gag virus like particles
topic Cell Biology
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4269
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