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spectrophotometer (Amersham), were 250-1000ng/$l. A gel image<br />

show<strong>in</strong>g HCV RNA transcripts is displayed <strong>in</strong> Figure 2-1.<br />

Electroporation.<br />

Figure 2-1 In vitro transcribed HCV RNA.<br />

Realised on a 1% agarose gel.<br />

1. Huh-7.5 cells at 60-80% confluence were tryps<strong>in</strong>ised, resuspended <strong>in</strong><br />

DMEM and counted.<br />

2. To prepare, the cells were washed with excess ice cold PBS and<br />

pelleted by centrifugation at 1250rpm for 5 m<strong>in</strong>s at 1°C, this process<br />

was repeated after which the cells were resuspended <strong>in</strong> ice cold PBS<br />

at 1.5x10 7 cells/ml and placed on ice.<br />

3. To electroporate, 400$l <strong>of</strong> cell suspension was mixed with 3$g <strong>of</strong><br />

genomic RNA and transferred <strong>in</strong>to a 0.2cm EP cuvette (Sigma-Aldrich).<br />

EPs were carried out at 780v <strong>in</strong> an Electro Square Porator (Harvard<br />

Apparatus, MA, USA).

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