Conservation of Prions and Chlamidiae

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Preservation Prions and Chlamydiae Stored in the State Virus Collection in Russia

Tech Area / Field

BIO-CGM/Cytology, Genetics and Molecular Biology/Biotechnology
BIO-MIB/Microbiology/Biotechnology

Status
8 Project completed

Registration date
26.11.2004

Completion date
02.12.2008

Senior Project Manager
Melnikov V G

Leading Institute
Ivanovsky Institute of Virology, Russia, Moscow

Collaborators

Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research/US Food and Drug Administration, USA, MD, Rockville\nOxxon Therapeutics, Inc., USA, MA, Boston

Project summary

To keep chlamidiae and prions genofund of XX century. To elaborate optimal preservaton methods of the strains for the purpose of long storage. To determine the regularities for the process of anabiosis of lyophilized pathogens.To study the biology, structure and genetic parameters of prions and chlamidiae, long keeping without any passages in comparison with new isolated for the last 5 years.

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