A sensitive luminescence syncytium induction assay (LuSIA) based on a reporter plasmid containing a mutation in the glucocorticoid response element in the long terminal repeat U3 region of bovine leukemia virus.
Hirotaka SatoSonoko WatanukiLanlan BaiLiushiqi BorjiginHiroshi IshizakiYasunobu MatsumotoYuma HachiyaHiroshi SentsuiYoko AidaPublished in: Virology journal (2019)
The new LuSIA protocol is quantitative and more sensitive than the previous assay based on CC81-BLU3G cells and should facilitate development of several new BLV assays.