Bald VSV Delta G (Luciferase Reporter)

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The bald VSV Delta G (Luciferase Reporter) was produced without envelope glycoproteins. It contains the firefly luciferase gene as the reporter. The bald VSV Delta G (Luciferase Reporter) can serve as a negative control when studying virus entry initiated by specific interactions between virus particles and receptors.

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Since the virus is lacking the envelope glycoproteins and cannot transduce target cells, functional titer of this product cannot be determined.
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Thaw Medium 1 BPS Bioscience #60187
Spike (SARS-CoV-2) Pseudotyped VSV Delta G (Luciferase reporter) BPS Bioscience #78637
Vero-E6 ATCC #CRL-1586
Calu-3 ATCC #HTB-55
ONE-Step™ Luciferase Assay System BPS Bioscience #60690
96-well tissue culture treated, white clear-bottom assay plate Corning, #3610
Formulation

The pseudoviruses were produced from HEK293T cells. They are supplied in cell culture medium containing 90% DMEM + 10% FBS.

Background

Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is an enveloped, negative-stranded RNA virus that infects a wide range of animals and less frequently humans, causing mild flu-like symptoms. Its simple structure and its ability to grow in most mammalian cell types has made VSV a valuable tool to study virus entry, replication, and assembly. The glycoprotein of VSV (VSV-G), which binds to the LDL-receptor (low-density lipoprotein receptor), is responsible for the attachment and entry of VSV into a susceptible host cell. Recombinant VSV in which the glycoprotein was deleted (VSV Delta G) can accept viral envelop proteins from a variety of other viruses, allowing to generate pseudotypes that represent robust models to screen for neutralizing antibodies and other inhibitors of virus entry. The pseudoviruses can be engineered to transduce a reporter gene such as Firefly Luciferase or a fluorescent protein, so that viral entry can be monitored using luminescence or fluorescence.