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Vaccinia virus

Known as: Vaccinia viruses, VV, poxvirus officinalis 
The type species of ORTHOPOXVIRUS, related to COWPOX VIRUS, but whose true origin is unknown. It has been used as a live vaccine against SMALLPOX. It… 
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Buffalopox virusRabbitpox virus
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Poxviridaerecombinant virus

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Vaccinia Virus Uses Macropinocytosis and Apoptotic Mimicry to Enter Host Cells
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/320/5875/531 version of this article at: including high-resolution figures, can be… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Visualization of tumors and metastases in live animals with bacteria and vaccinia virus encoding light-emitting proteins
We have shown that bacteria injected intravenously into live animals entered and replicated in solid tumors and metastases. The… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Vaccinia Virus B18R Gene Encodes a Type I Interferon-binding Protein That Blocks Interferon α Transmembrane Signaling (*)
Poxviruses encode a large number of proteins that attenuate the inflammatory and immune responses to infection. In this report we… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Expression and identification of hepatitis C virus polyprotein cleavage products
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the major cause of transfusion-acquired non-A, non-B hepatitis. HCV is an enveloped positive-sense RNA… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The E3L gene of vaccinia virus encodes an inhibitor of the interferon-induced, double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase.
A vaccinia virus-encoded double-stranded RNA-binding protein, p25, has been previously implicated in inhibition of the interferon… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Transient dominant selection of recombinant vaccinia viruses
A general method for constructing and selecting recombinant vaccinia viruses with insertions, deletions, or mutations in any gene… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Eukaryotic transient-expression system based on recombinant vaccinia virus that synthesizes bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase.
DNA coding for bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase was ligated to a vaccinia virus transcriptional promoter and integrated within the… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
General method for production and selection of infectious vaccinia virus recombinants expressing foreign genes
The production and selection of infectious vaccinia virus recombinants expressing foreign genes was facilitated by the… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Vaccinia virus: a selectable eukaryotic cloning and expression vector.
Foreign DNA was inserted into two nonessential regions of the vaccinia virus genome by homologous recombination in cells infected… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Construction of poxviruses as cloning vectors: insertion of the thymidine kinase gene from herpes simplex virus into the DNA of infectious vaccinia virus.
We have constructed recombinant vaccinia viruses containing the thymidine kinase gene from herpes simplex virus. The gene was… 
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