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  Assault Amphibian Vehicle Personnel Model 7A1 (AAVP7A1)
The primary responsibility of the AAVs during an amphibious operation is to spearhead a beach assault.
AAV RAM/RS plans for the rebuild of all AAV systems and components in order to return the AAV back to the original vehicle's performance specifications and ensure acceptable Fleet Marine Force (FMF) AAV readiness ratings until the AAAV is at FOC.
The AAV RAM/RS Team implemented a number of innovative acquisition approaches and processes to centralize management of an upgrade program to be performed through U.S. Marine Corps depots and industry facilities, to increase the quality, efficiency, responsiveness and timeliness of the acquisition process, and to reduce Total Ownership Cost (TOC) by over $550 million.
www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/land/aavp7a1.htm   (1794 words)

  
  Department for Victorian Communities - Aboriginal Affairs Victoria
Aboriginal Affairs Victoria (AAV) is the Victorian Government's central point of advice on all aspects of Aboriginal affairs in Victoria.
AAV is often the first point of call by members of the Aboriginal community and its organisations requiring information on a wide range of issues.
AAV's responsibilities are performed through its three branches: the Planning and Development Branch, the Heritage Services Branch, and the Portfolio Services Branch.
www.dvc.vic.gov.au /aav.htm   (209 words)

  
 Gene Therapy Program: Penn Vector Core, AAV vectors
AAV is a single-stranded DNA-containing virus, which has not been shown to be associated with any known symptoms or pathology in humans to date.
AAV vectors are then purified by two different methods depending on the serotype of the vector.
Novel AAV sequences were retrieved by PCR amplification of latent genomes by using primers to conserved regions of AAV that flank an area of divergence.
www.uphs.upenn.edu /penngen/gtp/vcore_aav.html   (1073 words)

  
 Welcome to VGTC web site
Most of the AAV vectors(Including AAV2 and other serotypes vectors: AAV2/1* and AAV5**) we produce are used for gene therapy and vaccine research and clinical trial.
The rationale for developing alternative AAV serotypes as vectors is the hope that the divergence of capsid proteins of the wildtype viruses will translate into vector particles that differ in tissue tropism and serology.
AAV purification: The helper virus is inactivated and removed to undetectable level in the final products by heat treatment and several steps of chromatography purifications.
www.agtc.com.cn /agtc_en/en/cso/aav.html   (573 words)

  
 Patent 7,148,341
AAVs (adeno-associated viruses) are single stranded DNA viruses belonging to the Parvovirus family.
Also, an AAV DNA according to the invention is preferred which differs from pTG 9585 in that it has a deletion in the structural gene L1 of the adenovirus 5 sequence, particularly in the region of nucleotides 16614 18669.
Besides, an AAV DNA according to the invention is preferred which differs from pTG 9585 in that it comprises two deletions from a total of 18323 base pairs, one deletion relating to great portions of the adenovirus capsid genes and the other deletion relating to the E3 region of adenovirus.
www.pharmcast.com /Patents100/Yr2006/Dec2006/121206/7148341_AAV121206.htm   (1238 words)

  
 Company Profile - AAV
AAV is a publicly listed enterprise which owns Australasia's leading event services group, Staging Connections, the market leader in the provision of live events services and Exhibitions and Trade Fairs, Australia's leading consumer exhibitions and trade shows group.
AAV's offshore expansion program began early this year with contracts to provide inhouse venue services at three five-star resorts in Fiji and the acquisition of ETG Staging Connections China.
The AAV story is one of growth; taking Australian expertise and talent in live events and exhibitions to the global stage.
www.aav.net.au /default.asp?action=article&ID=21587   (457 words)

  
 Targeted Genetics Enhances Patent Portfolio Related to AAV Serotype 1 - Health - RedOrbit
AAV naturally exists as several different serotypes, which differ physically in the composition of their capsid proteins and genome structures.
AAV is a naturally occurring virus that is not associated with any disease in humans.
AAV vectors can efficiently deliver genetic information to numerous cell types and can be engineered to carry a variety of DNA sequences.
www.redorbit.com /news/health/655971/targeted_genetics_enhances_patent_portfolio_related_to_aav_serotype_1/index.html?source=r_health   (802 words)

  
 Department for Victorian Communities
Aboriginal Affairs Victoria (AAV) is the Victorian Government's central point of advice on all aspects of Aboriginal affairs in Victoria.
AAV is often the first point of call by members of the Aboriginal community and its organisations requiring information on a wide range of issues.
AAV's responsibilities are performed through its three branches: Planning and Development, Heritage Services, and Portfolio Services.
www1.dvc.vic.gov.au /aav   (208 words)

  
 Adeno-associated Virus (AAV)
AAV is not associated with human disease thus has a large safety margin.
Intramyocardial injections and intracoronary infusions of AAV vectors have been shown to be a useful method of delivering therapeutic genes to the myocardium [75].
AAV vectors have produced some promising results in primary trials conducted as well as having a wide variety of theoretical advantages.
www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk /studentwebs/session1/group15/aav.htm   (1127 words)

  
 < juliusmedia - Staging Connections sold to AAV >
AAV has a sharemarket capitalisation of around $60 million, and had over $7 million in the bank at the time of its last report.
AAV will make the purchase for $28 million in cash, sourced from the share placement, with $12 million in additional finance facilities, and cash on hand.
AAV were highly regarded in the industry, to quote an industry observer in Melbourne.
www.conpub.com.au /cxweb/article.asp?ID=377   (591 words)

  
 AAV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
AAV gives anglers and boaters a way to unite their voices to promote our issues by bringing together our supporters from diverse parts of the Commonwealth.
AAV works with other organizations in Virginia and similar groups in other states and nationally to achieve a common goal in conservation.
Now the AAV does not have a problem with exempting those under age 16, as most of that age bracket are with parents or with organized outings, such as a scout trip.
anglersalliance.homestead.com /aav.html   (1015 words)

  
 Weber Laboratory - Department of Gene and Cell Medicine - Mount Sinai School of Medicine
We reasoned that the principle of mosaicism could also be used to aleviate the detrimental effects that the insertion of a ligand into the AAV capsid has on viral titers.
This fragment allowed the binding of antibodies to AAV that then could be used to transduce specifically cells expressing the receptor against which the antibody is directed.
Therefore, we decided to generate recombinant AAV with mosaic capsids, containing both capsid proteins with and without the Protein A insertion.
www.mssm.edu /labs/webert02/aav_retargeting.shtml   (590 words)

  
 Avigen
Avigen has already secured one funding source for its Parkinson's disease program and is actively exploring additional options to fund its other AAV development activities through mechanisms that will allow Avigen to participate in the technology's commercial upside potential.
The decision to fund AAV development through external sources will significantly reduce Avigen's operating expenses beginning this quarter with the full impact of reducing cash expenditures to an anticipated annual rate of approximately $13M being realized by the end of the third quarter.
These facilities can be used to produce commercial scale quantities of AAV but could also be used to manufacture other biologics, including cell therapeutics, recombinant proteins and monoclonal antibodies.
www.avigen.com /press_release/2005/Avigen_DiscontinuesAAV_040505.php   (1237 words)

  
 Targeted Genetics Expands AAV Vector Patent Portfolio
Targeted Genetics' leading gene delivery vehicle, AAV, is used to deliver a gene of interest into cells of the patient to impact disease.
AAV can be used in general to deliver a broad range of nucleic acids as disease therapeutics or prophylactics.
AAV vectors require a recognition signal in order to promote the formation of AAV viral particles containing the therapeutic gene of interest.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-17-2005/0003633090&EDATE=   (483 words)

  
 Mercedes-Benz AAV
Actually, two vehicles were built: One, fully functional vehicle, for media activities and the North American International Auto Show in Detroit- a second AAV, a so called see-through model was built for the LA Auto Show, because both shows happened at the same time.
The AAV stayed a focus of attraction after the 1997 introduction of the Mercedes-Benz M-Class, which did not display the same bold look with giant tires and big fender flares.
For the tune of 2.5 millon the AAV was built by Metalcrafters in Fountain Valley, California.
www.4x4abc.com /aav   (251 words)

  
 Targeted Genetics - Technology Platform   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
AAV is a small, stable virus that has never been shown to cause disease in humans even though a majority of the population has been exposed to it.
AAV vectors are stable, enabling purification and production methods similar to those used for other commercially produced biologic drugs.
While AAV vectors have particular utility in targeting slowly dividing cells and in the treatment of chronic disease, synthetic vectors have different properties that make them the preferred vector for diseases in which short-term gene expression is desired.
www.targetedgenetics.com /tech   (1187 words)

  
 AAV Quote | AAV Stock Price | ADVANTAGE ENERGY FD Stock Quotes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
AAV - The announcement of the change in the Canadian tax...
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quote.fool.com /summary.aspx?s=AAV   (120 words)

  
 Adeno   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Adeno-associated viruses (AAV) are satellite viruses of other human viruses and require co-infection with either adenovirus or herpes simplex virus (HSV) for their replication.
The ability of wild-type AAV to selectively integrate into chromosome 19 made them an attractive candidate for the production of a gene therapy vector that could do the same.
Construction of AAV vectors consists of the recombinant AAV vector plasmid DNA, and a non-rescuable AAV helper plasmid which encodes for the AAV capsid proteins.
cmbi.bjmu.edu.cn /cmbidata/therapy/research/re02/003.htm   (435 words)

  
 Adeno-associated Virus(AAV)-MSDS
AAV is dependent for replication on presence of wild type adenovirus or herpesvirus; in the absence of helper virus, AAV will stably integrate into the host cell genome.
Wild type AAV integrates preferentially into human chromosome 19q13.3-qter; recombinant vectors lose this specificity and appear to integrate randomly, thereby posing a theroretical risk of insertional mutagenesis.
In general, recombinant AAV vectors produced in the Vector Development laboratory are replication incompetent.
medicine.ucsd.edu /gt/AAV.html   (677 words)

  
 AAV (Adeno-virus) Titration Elisa available from Research Diagnostics Inc
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) has been a topic of intense study in gene therapy because it is a naturally viral gene delivery system which never has been shown to have any pathogenic effects in humans despite the fact that most of the population has been exposed to AAV early in life.
Characetrization of AAV preparations currently includes the determination of rnasducing units, an infectious center assay, a protein assay or protein gel, a DNA dot blot or electron microscopy.
A monoclonal antibody specific for AAV assembled capsids is coated onto microplate strips and is used to capture AAV particles from the specimen.
www.researchd.com /rdikits/aavkt.htm   (888 words)

  
 Adeno-associated virus (AAV) site-specific recombination does not require a Rep-dependent origin of replication within ...
The positions of input AAV plasmids (lanes 1 and 3) and Dpn I-resistant (lanes 2 and 4) replicative forms are shown.
Expression of Rep in the absence of AAV vector is sufficient to rearrange and amplify the ch-19 sequence (17).
A hallmark of the AAV life cycle is the ability of the proviral genome to rescue from the latent state and reenter the lytic
www.pnas.org /cgi/content/full/98/24/13525   (4813 words)

  
 Vector Biolabs: Adeno-associated virus (AAV) Custom Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Stability studies carried out in house and by some colleagues show that purified AAV vectors are highly stable at temperatures of 4oC or less.
AAV genome particles relate to the viral particles that have been successfully packaged with the genome to be delivered.
During the AAV packaging process many particles are formed lacking the genomic DNA, which lack the ability to transduce the cells they come into contact with and are therefore non-functional.
www.vectorbiolabs.com /vbs/page.html?m=261   (333 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions - AAV Car/Hotel Plannersm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The AAV Car/Hotel Planner offers over 40,000 hotels and is the tool we use to be certain we can satisfy all of your travel planning needs.
Another major plus is that the AAV Car/Hotel Planner also allows you to use any discounts that a hotel or car rental company offers you, such as a corporate discount rate.
Bookings made via our AAV Car/Hotel Planner do not qualify for AAdvantage® Bonus miles.  They may be eligible for AAdvantage miles or other frequent traveler miles otherwise offered through the individual frequent traveler programs or hotel/car companies.
www.aavacations.com /consumer/faq_hotcar.htm   (1542 words)

  
 Rocky ride continues for AAV and its chairman - Business - Business
When Robert Cecil Mansfield, one-time chief of McDonald's Australia and John Fairfax Holdings, took over as chairman of AAV late in 2003 it was hoped that the company's share price would continue to appreciate strongly.
Last month, though, with AAV earnings downgrades causing severe bearishness, those same shares made it down to 84 ¢.
The cash outflow effect on AAV will not be so bad and was tipped to be somewhere between $4 million and $7 million.
www.theage.com.au /news/Business/Rocky-ride-continues-for-AAV-and-its-chairman/2005/06/17/1118869094199.html   (381 words)

  
 AAV Electrical Contracting, Inc.
In January of 1990 I incorporated this company and called it AAV Electrical Contracting, Inc. With special attention to customer service and excellent workmanship the company prospered.
Therefore, you as the customer must have a great deal of trust that the safety of your home, office and family is in the hands of a professional.
I can assure you that we at AAV Electrical Contracting are committed to giving our customers the highest quality service and value.
www.aavelectrical.com   (169 words)

  
 Gene Therapy Program: Penn Vector Core, AAV vector services
A specific AAV vector is produced by transfection as requested by an investigator.
The Principal Investigator (PI) requesting a large scale preparation of AAV vector (purification only) is required to provide the Vector Core with a completed Service Request Form (SRF) with dated signature.
The Principal Investigator (PI) requesting AAV trans plasmid is required to provide the Vector Core with a completed Service Request Form (SRF) with dated signature.
www.uphs.upenn.edu /penngen/gtp/vcore_aavs.html   (990 words)

  
 AAV viral vectors
AAV mediated delivery of siRNA for in vitro and in vivo gene silencing.
As AAV has a packaging limit of 4.7kb, the size of the transgene in this construct must be less than 1600bp (although see the FAQ).
This relates to the number of AAV particles that have been successfully packaged with the genome to be delivered.
www.genedetect.com /rave.htm   (1622 words)

  
 Adeno-associated Virus for Cancer Gene Therapy -- Ponnazhagan et al. 61 (17): 6313 -- Cancer Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
AAV contains a genome of 4679 bases of single-stranded DNA (22).
A recombinant plasmid containing gene(s) of interest, subcloned within the ITRs of AAV is cotransfected with a recombinant helper plasmid containing the wtAAV and adenoviral genes necessary for the rescue, replication, and packaging of rAAV in 293 cells.
The physical and infectious particle titers of the purified rAAV are determined, and the purified virus is subsequently used for in vitro and in vivo studies.
cancerres.aacrjournals.org /cgi/content/full/61/17/6313   (7912 words)

  
 Targeted Genetics Strengthens Intellectual Property For AAV
Under the growth conditions described in this patent, AAV vector particles are released into the cell culture medium in which the producer cells are grown without rupturing the cell membranes.
Under the growth conditions described in this patent, AAV vectors are released from intact cells into the media similarly to the release of recombinant proteins or monoclonal antibodies.
Using the growth conditions described in this patent, AAV vectors are harvested from the cell culture supernatant by standard biopharmaceutical methods that are scalable and cost effective.
www.pharmaceuticalonline.com /content/news/article.asp?docid={96AC7A2F-739F-4B7D-92B2-C41D602AA90C}&VNETCOOKIE=NO   (533 words)

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