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A -- CONSTRUCTION OF ADENOVIRUS VECTORS FOR THE STUDY OF GENE CONTROL AND PROTEIN FUNCTION Sol. RFP No. NIH-NIDR-10-97-2R. Due 011797. POC: Marion Blevins, 301/594-0652. The National Institute of Dental Research has a requirement for the generation and purification of stocks of replication-deficient recombinant adenoviral vectors for the study of gene control and protein function. The contractor will be required to: 1. grow and purify plasmids containing adenovirus sequences, 2. recombine plasmids to generate adenovirus vectors, and 3. amplify isolated adenovirus plaques and purify them into virus stocks. This is an announcement for an anticipated Request for Proposal (RFP). RFP No. NIH-NIDR-10-97-2R will be available approximately December 10, 1996, with a closing date tentatively set for January 17, 1997. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the NIDR. See Note 1. (326)

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