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Marburg Virus Minigenome Assays.

Ellen L Suder·Whitney A Scoon·Elke Mühlberger
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This chapter describes minigenome systems for Marburg virus (MARV), which reconstitute the viral polymerase complex functions of gene expression and genome replication. Procedures covered herein include passage and seeding of cells, transfection, sample collection, and reporter gene assays.

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MarburgvirusGenome, ViralAnimalsHumansGenes, ReporterVirus ReplicationTransfectionCell LineFilovirusesGenome replication and transcriptionMarburg virusMinigenome systemNonsegmented negative-sense RNA virusReporter gene assayJournal ArticleResearch Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Ellen L Suder, Whitney A Scoon, Elke Mühlberger. 2025. Marburg Virus Minigenome Assays.. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4256-6_9

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