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Orf virus

orf virus

The type species of parapoxvirus which causes a skin infection in natural hosts, usually young sheep. Humans may contract local skin lesions by contact. The virus apparently persists in soil.


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How long do a virus live?

depends on the virus....

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by canalon
Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:51 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: How long do a virus live?
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How long do a virus live?

How long do a virus live? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

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by steelcat
Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:11 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: How long do a virus live?
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Problems with gene knockdown

... the shRNA sequences. The problem is the results don't seem to traslate well into in vitro systems. I analysed 8 sequences with the assay and made virus with them. The virus / plasmid has an antibiotic resistance gene which is expressed under the same promoter control ( mir30 motif). shRNAs were ...

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by zodiac1505
Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:31 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Problems with gene knockdown
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Re: pfu/cell?

pfu=plaque forming units..those are active virus progeny.. you can calculate recombination frequency from such data..

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by zami'87.
Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:10 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: pfu/cell?
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pfu/cell?

Is it a function of the Virus used in transfection?

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by prithivirajc
Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:01 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: pfu/cell?
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