| abstract |
The present invention relates to adenovirus (Ad) E1-complementing cell lines which significantly reduce the presence of replication competent Ad (RCA) and can serve for the large scale production of infectious E1-deleted adenoviral particles that may be used for the treatment human patients as for example in gene therapy. As well the invention relates to a method for the large scale production of recombinant infectious adenoviral particles harboring an exogenous sequence of interest and to a RCA-free stock of infectious adenoviral particles. The invention further relates to a recombinant vector for transfecting an eukaryotic cell line in order to construct Ad E1-complementing cell lines which significantly reduce the presence of RCA and to a method therefor. |