| CPC C12N 15/86 (2013.01) [A61K 48/005 (2013.01); C07K 14/005 (2013.01); C07K 16/32 (2013.01); C12P 21/00 (2013.01); C07K 2317/14 (2013.01); C07K 2317/51 (2013.01); C07K 2317/515 (2013.01); C07K 2319/00 (2013.01); C12N 2760/16122 (2013.01); C12N 2760/18522 (2013.01); C12N 2770/10021 (2013.01); C12N 2770/10043 (2013.01)] | 1 Claim | 

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               1. A nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a modified equine arterivirus genome or replicon RNA, wherein the modified equine arterivirus genome or replicon RNA comprises a gene encoding a polypeptide of interest and a nucleotide sequence encoding a modified Equine arteritis virus (EAV) genome or replicon RNA, wherein the modified EAV genome or replicon RNA comprises a sequence fragment exhibiting at least 80% sequence identity to the sequence encoding open reading frame ORF7 of the wild-type sequence of EAV, and wherein the modified genome or replicon RNA is devoid of the sequence encoding ORF2a. 
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