Description
Our MERS Pseudoviral Particles are replication-deficient MLV pseudotyped with the MERS spike protein (Genbank Accession # AHY21469.1). They also contain the ORF for firefly luciferase as a reporter. They establish a pseudovirus entry assay for MERS as the spike protein mediated cell entry can be conveniently measured via the luciferase reporter activity. This pseudovirus assay isolates the MERS viral entry from other steps of the viral infection cycle