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supplemented with R<strong>of</strong>eron recombinant human IFNα-2a (Roche Diagnostics) or IFN-γ<br />

(Invitrogen) at a concentration <strong>of</strong> 10 3 units/ml.<br />

2.1.4.2 Transfections with plasmid DNA<br />

Mutant viruses were generated by substituting the pHH-NS “rescue” plasmid for mutated<br />

versions in the rescue transfection (plasmids were kindly provided by Robert A. Lamb,<br />

Northwestern <strong>University</strong>). These plasmids (pHH-NS1-Y89F, pHH-NS1-P164/7A, pHH-<br />

NS1-P162/4/7A, pHH-NS1-R38A, pHH-NS1-123/4, pHH-NS1-184-8, pHH-NS1-<br />

103/106, pHH-NS1-Δ99) were generated by site-directed mutagenesis <strong>of</strong> pHH-NS using<br />

the QuikChange mutagenesis kit (Stratagene) and specific primers. The sequence <strong>of</strong> the<br />

mutated plasmids was confirmed by DNA sequencing. Transfection <strong>of</strong> cells with plasmid<br />

DNA was carried out using FuGENE 6 transfection reagent (Roche) according to the<br />

manufacturer’s instructions.<br />

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