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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2004
Robert A. Davey, Galveston, TX (US);
Andrey Kolokoltsov, Galveston, TX (US);
Robert A. Davey, Galveston, TX (US);
Andrey Kolokoltsov, Galveston, TX (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a rapid virus entry/binding detection assay. An enzyme such as luciferase was incorporated at the C-terminal end of viral envelope proteins that would deliver the enzyme into the viral particles upon viral assembly. Virus entry/binding can then be assayed by determining the enzymatic activities in infected cells. The assay allows high-throughput non-radioactive detection of virus entry within 30 minutes after virus-cell contact. This assay provides high signal to noise ratio and is useful for screening compounds that affect virus-cell binding and entry. The design also permits packaging of potential therapeutic proteins into functional virus particles and delivering them to specific cellular targets.