Method of identifying target cell using target cell-specific virus

摘要

Provided is a method of identifying a target cell using a virus. The method includes infecting the target cell with the virus by contacting the virus to the target cell and culturing the target cell to propagate the virus; adding a chromogenic substrate to the resultant cell culture to induce enzyme reaction converting the chromogenic substrate to a chromogenic product; and measuring an optical signal emitted from the chromogenic product, wherein the virus contains in its genome a gene encoding an enzyme capable of converting the chromogenic substrate to the chromogenic product and a gene encoding a ligand allowing the virus to specifically bind with a receptor of the target cell to infect the target cell with the virus.