Recombinant virus

A recombinant virus is a virus produced by recombining pieces of DNA using recombinant DNA technology. This may be used to produce viral vaccines or gene therapy vectors.

It is also used to refer to naturally occurring recombination between virus genomes in a cell infected by more than one virus strain. This occurs either by homologous crossing over of the nucleic acid strands or by reassortment of genomic segments. Both these and mutation within the virus have been suggested as ways in which influenza and other viruses evolve. An example of a recombinant virus is Western equine encephalitis virus (WEE), which is a recombinant virus between two other closely related yet distinct encephalitis viruses. In addition, reassortment is most important for pandemic influenza viruses.

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Microbiology: Virus

Components	Viral envelope Capsid Viral protein

Viral life cycle	Viral entry Viral replication Viral shedding Virus latency Viroplasm

Genetics	Reassortment Antigenic shift Antigenic drift Phenotype mixing

By host	Bacteriophage Virophage Mycovirus Plant virus (Plant to Human) Animal virus Human virome Archea virus Amoeba virus Chromalveolata virus

Other	Viral disease Helper virus Laboratory diagnosis of viral infections Viral load Virus-like particle Viral quantification Antiviral drug Neurotropic virus Oncovirus Social history of viruses Satellite virus Giant viruses

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Recombinant virus

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