Kyoto University

Keizo Tomonaga

Tomoyuki Honda

Takuji Daito

Akiko Makino

Disclosed is a viral vector comprising (a) a cDNA of a recombinant viral RNA having a sequence of a Borna disease viral genome comprising a disrupted G gene of the Borna disease viral genome and an inserted G gene of an avian bornaviral genome, wherein the cDNA of the recombinant viral RNA has at least an N gene, an X gene, a P gene and an L gene of the Borna disease viral genome in the same order as in the Borna disease viral genome and has an inserted foreign gene; (b) DNAs encoding ribozymes; and (c) a promoter sequence, wherein (b) the DNAs encoding ribozymes are located upstream and downstream of (a) the cDNA of the recombinant viral RNA, and (a) the cDNA of the recombinant viral RNA and (b) the DNAs encoding ribozymes are located downstream of (c) the promoter sequence. The present invention can be used as a gene introduction technique that does not affect a host chromosome and can be suitable for the application in various fields, such as the treatment and prevention of brain and neurological diseases, visualization techniques of nerve cells in the field of neuroscience, etc.

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Osaka, Japan

Keizo Tomonaga