The invention relates to
nucleic acid constructs which comprises
a DNA molecule encoding a recombinant L or S segment of a Mopeia
virus (MOPV), as well as an
expression cassette or a vector comprising them, an
eukaryotic cell comprising them, and a method of expressing one or more polypeptide(s) or
protein(s) that is(are)
heterologous to Mopeia
virus (MOPV) or fragments thereof and / or producing recombinant live attenuated Mopeia
virus (MOPV) expressing one or more polypeptide(s) or
protein(s) that is(are)
heterologous to MOPV or fragments thereof, in a eukaryotic host
cell, using in particular the
nucleic acid constructs of the invention. The invention also relates to a composition comprising viral particles obtained from such a method, a viral particle obtained from such a method and a set of
nucleic acid constructs or expression cassettes or vectors comprising them, wherein the set comprises at least one nucleic acid construct or
expression cassette or vector comprising it, which encodes a recombinant L segment of a Mopeia virus (MOPV), and one nucleic acid construct or
expression cassette or vector comprising it, which encodes a recombinant S segment of a Mopeia virus (MOPV) that encodes a MOPV
nucleoprotein (NP) having attenuated
exonuclease activity, wherein one or both nucleic acid constructs or expression cassettes or vectors comprise(s) a
polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide or a
protein that is
heterologous to MOPV and the latter is different from a non-MOPV GPC when on the S segment, and wherein the positions where the
polynucleotide encoding at least one polypeptide or protein that is heterologous to MOPV is inserted in the said nucleic acid constructs or expression cassettes or vectors are peculiar.