MicroRNA-Detargeted Mengovirus for Oncolytic Virotherapy

Mengovirus, a member of the Picornaviridae family, has a broad cell tropism and can cause encephalitis and myocarditis in multiple mammalian species. Attenuation has been achieved by shortening the polycytidine tract in the 5′ noncoding region (NCR). A poly(C)-truncated strain of mengovirus, vMC24,...

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Main Authors: Ruiz, Autumn J., Hadac, Elizabeth M., Nace, Rebecca A., Russell, Stephen J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4810567/