Adenoviruses are used extensively to deliver genes into mammalian cells, particularly where there is a requirement for high-level expression of transgene products in cultured cells, or for use as recombinant viral vaccines or in gene therapy. In spite of their usefulness, the construction of adenoviral vectors (AdV) is a cumbersome and lengthy process that is not readily amenable to the generat...

adenoviruses are used extensively to deliver genes into mammalian cells, particularly where there is a requirement for high-level expression of transgene products in cultured cells, or for use as recombinant viral vaccines or in gene therapy. in spite of their usefulness, the construction of adenoviral vectors (adv) is a cumbersome and lengthy process that is not readily amenable to the generat...

background: the homologous recombination (hr) is one of the conventional cloning methods for the production of recombinant dna. it is a quick method for in vivo dna cloning without using the high cost restriction enzymes. a few modifications in the cloning procedure can increase the efficiency of this method. m aterials and methods: in this study, effect of heating on the rate of the igg1 heavy...

background: colorectal cancer is the third cause of cancer death in western countries. age, inadequate diet, obesity, inactivity and genetic changes are some of the risk factors of colorectal cancer. correlation of genetic diversity in homologous recombination repair system with cancer was evaluated in many recent studies. this study was done to investigate the correlation of t241m polymorphism...

background: oncolytic herpes simplex virus (ohsv) vectors lacking γ34.5 has demonstrated anticancer effects without affecting normal cells. therefore, they are considered as ideal templates to construct efficient vectors for tumor targeting and cancer gene therapy. herein, we reported construction of three single/dually-labeled recombinant hsv-1 vectors, which provide an opportunity to replace ...

DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) are abrasions caused in both strands of the DNA duplex following exposure to both exogenous and endogenous conditions. Such abrasions have deleterious effect in cells leading to genome rearrangements and cell death. A number of repair systems including homologous recombination (HR) and non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) have been evolved to minimize the fatal effe...

DNA damage, in the form of DNA double-strand breaks, poses a considerable threat to genomic integrity and cell survival. If left unrepaired, a single double-strand break is sufficient to cause cell death and, if repaired inappropriately, a double-strand break may give rise to a potentially oncogenic translocation. Double-strand breaks in genomic DNA may arise accidentally in a number of ways, i...

Homologous recombination can be divided into three key steps: strand exchange, branch migration and resolution. The identification of a protein complex that catalyses branch migration and Holliday junction resolution argues that the mechanism of homologous recombination is conserved from bacteria to man.