Viral Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes: Generation, Mutagenesis, and Removal of Mini-F Sequences

Table 2

Overview of published BAC systems for members of the Poxviridae, Flaviviridae, and Coronaviridae family. Common species names, corresponding acronyms, taxon names, genome sizes, and references for the first BAC construct of every species are given.

Virus	Acronym*	Taxon name	Genome size	Reference
Common name*
Poxviridae
Cowpox virus	CPXV	Cowpox virus	224 kbp	[43]
Modified vaccinia virus Ankara	MVA	Vaccinia virus	178 kbp	[40]
Vaccinia virus	VAC	Vaccinia virus	195 kbp	[41]
Flaviviridae
Japanese encephalitis virus	JEV	Japanese encephalitis virus	11 kbp	[50]
Bovine viral diarrhea virus	BVDV	Bovine viral diarrhea virus 1	12 kbp	[47]
Classical swine fever virus	CSFV	Classical swine fever virus	12 kbp	[48]
Coronaviridae
Human coronavirus (OC43)	HCoV	Betacoronavirus 1	31 kbp	[49]
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus	SARS-CoV	Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus	30 kbp	[46]
Transmissible gastroenteritis coronavirus	TGEV	Alphacoronavirus 1	29 kbp	[45]

*Common names and acronyms are as they were used in the listed reference.